This is 'change" in our "democracy?"
"Obama, legislators hear of Afghan progress; President vows no quick action on more troops" by Farah Stockman, Globe Staff | September 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - President Obama signaled....
a far more open-ended commitment in Afghanistan....
Senator John F. Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat who heads the Foreign Relations Committee, questioned whether there were viable alternatives to a large-scale military buildup, such as a reliance on drone attacks....
How about LEAVING, senator?!
I mean, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW!!!!
Kerry himself seemed on the fence about increasing troops. He noted that a senior Al Qaeda operative was killed in Somalia earlier this week without a significant US presence there.
So what does that mean? Just let the missiles fly wherever and whenever?
You mass-murdering f***!
But Stephen Biddle, a defense specialist at the Council on Foreign Affairs, said that effectiveness of such strikes declines drastically if there is no human intelligence on the ground.
Concern over the mounting costs of the Afghan war, which have so far topped $200 billion, appeared to be at the heart of congressional skittishness about sending more troops....
But they will still send them and fund them, pffft!
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US casualties are spiking with two consecutive months of record deaths. The latest deaths were announced yesterday - three US service members were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb on Tuesday....
Drip, drip, drip, drip....
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