"Afghanistan war worth fighting, Gates says; Urges patience as polls hint support falling Could increase troop numbers" by Lara Jakes, Associated Press | September 4, 2009
WASHINGTON - Faced with waning public support for the military escalation in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday that the war is worth fighting and signaled for the first time he may be willing to send more troops, after months of publicly resisting a significant increase.
Gates urged patience amid polls indicating rising disenchantment among the public with the war effort, saying the American military presence in Afghanistan was necessary to derail terrorists....
I am SO SICK of that INSIDE JOB being WAVED in OUR FACES so we can continue to MURDER PEOPLE who NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US!!!!
And SO IS the AMERICAN PUBLIC!
Gates cited the continuing threat from Al Qaeda and its Taliban allies as the top reason why the US should stay in Afghanistan. Leaving would allow terrorists to reestablish staging bases in a nation where the political leadership is unable to curb insurgent threats, Gates said in a blunt reference to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.....
F*** YOU, Bob! The JIG IS UP, a**hole!!!!!!!!!
Gates said he would be comfortable with a larger US military presence in Afghanistan as long as the increase reassured the country’s citizens that the Americans were there for the benefit of Afghans....
Tell that to the PEOPLE who got FIRE-BALLED, Bob!
Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen said the question of a new jump in troop deployments is just one element of a larger plan that the Pentagon will soon ask Congress to authorize....
Mullen described “a sense of urgency’’ in securing Afghanistan to make sure extremists can no longer hatch terrorist plots against the United States and it allies from within its borders.
Have YOU had enough BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA, because I can't take anymore.
Despite recent calls from leftist activists and also from conservative columnist George Will to wind down US military involvement in Afghanistan, Gates forcefully argued for continued American efforts there.
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A Failed Democracy
Meanwhile, an aide to Britain’s defense minister resigned, criticizing the government’s handling of the conflict in Afghanistan and calling on Britain to scale back its commitment there.
The resignation is particularly embarrassing because Eric Joyce, a former army major, is one of the few top-ranking members of the governing Labour Party with any military experience.
In a speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that Britain’s military will stay in Afghanistan until the nation can look after its own security, dismissing Joyce’s call for withdrawal....
Translation: Brown flipped the bird to you, Brits.
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