Yeah, except Bush's surge was in 2007, MSM.
You guys can't even get the dates right, huh?
Related: Why Obama Doesn't Want to Talk About Afghanistan
Oh, yeah, btw, the SURGE FAILED -- despite what the LYING AmeriKan MSM has been telling you, 'murkn!
And maybe you can explain the pattern to me, readers?
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-- Your friends at Boston.com--Obama, war advisers consider Afghan shift, Pakistan--"
Not the first time, either: He Sounds More Like George Bush Every Day
Can you explain the censorship?
Instead, I get this update:
Obama shifts focus to threat from Al Qaeda in Pakistan (by Peter Baker and Eric Schmitt, New York Times)
I'd rather not read a New York Times propaganda piece, thank you.
"Eight years: Obama, war council weigh Afghan shift" by Jennifer Loven, Associated Press | October 7, 2009
WASHINGTON – The Afghanistan war reached its once-unthinkable eighth anniversary Wednesday as President Barack Obama, seeking a revamped strategy for the increasingly unpopular conflict, focused more closely with his war council on neighboring Pakistan's role in the fight against al-Qaida....
When former President George W. Bush launched the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan less than a month after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the country's Taliban government was providing safe haven for Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terrorists. Eight years later, the Taliban regime is no more and al-Qaida is scattered and weakened.
Maybe I should have taken the Times report, because this one from AP is full of shit, too.
But the Afghan government is considered corrupt and ineffective, Taliban insurgents hoping to retake control are gaining strength and terrorists continue to plan attacks. This uncertain progress has come at a cost of nearly 800 U.S. lives. With this and Americans' dwindling patience in mind, Obama is engaged in a methodical review of how to overhaul the war....
And what is not on the table is an end to the war.
Strange how ALL OPTIONS are ON the TABLE when it comes to USING FORCE, 'eh?
Wednesday's focus on Pakistan, the suspected hiding place of bin Laden and other al-Qaida terrorists as well as Taliban leaders, could provide a hint into the president's leanings.
Then you BETTER GRAB a SHOVEL!
Here you go!
Happy digging!
Obama and some of his key aides are increasingly pointing to recent successes against al-Qaida through targeted missile strikes and raids in Pakistan but also in Somalia and elsewhere. Obama said Tuesday that al-Qaida has "lost operational capacity" as a result....
Oh, you SHUTTING IT DOWN from behind the scenes, are you? That's one of the reasons Kennedy got his head blown off, dude.
Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's recommended approach calls for additional troops in Afghanistan for a counterinsurgency campaign to defeat the Taliban, build up the central government and deny al-Qaida safe haven. McChrystal, whose plan is somewhat reminiscent of Bush's Iraq troop "surge" in 2008, says extra troops — preferably at the higher end of his option range — are crucial to turn around a war that will probably be won or lost over the next 12 months.
After it has done nothing but get worse for eight long years, America.
How long you going to fall for that turd costumed as a carrot dangling in front of your nose, Amurka?
This s*** general and his lies.
On roughly the opposite end of the spectrum, an alternative favored most prominently by Vice President Joe Biden would keep the American force in Afghanistan at around the 68,000 already authorized, including the 21,000 more troops Obama ordered earlier this year, but increase the use of surgical strikes with Predator drones and special forces.
Yeah, and we all know how clean those things are. Pffft!
And ALL THIS over those DAMNABLE LIES of 9/11!
Shrinking the number of troops in Afghanistan and turning the effort into a narrow counterterror campaign is not on the table, and neither is drastically ballooning the footprint.
Yeah, and ENDING the thing COMPLETELY is NOT EVEN on the table!
In weighing whether to follow McChrystal or Biden or land somewhere in between, Obama faces a stern test and difficult politics. Many lawmakers from his own Democratic Party, aware of rising anti-war sentiment in their ranks and the war protests that have dotted Washington this week, do not want to see additional U.S. troops sent to Afghanistan. According to a new Associated Press-GfK poll, public support for the war has dropped to 40 percent from 44 percent in July....
Just wondering WHY the Globe decided to IGNORE THOSE PROTESTS.
And as far as DemocraPs stopping the wars, they have had three years now.
They DO NOT LISTEN to the people any more than George Bush did.
All you did was CHANGE the LETTER of the names of people running the Congress.
It's the SAME PLACE because there is ONLY ONE PARTY in AmeriKa and that is the never-ending war party!!!!
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Oh, wait, I'm wrong. They gave you a Slow Saturday Surge:
"Obama assembles war council to discuss US troop levels in Afghanistan" by Associated Press | October 10, 2009
WASHINGTON - Hours after being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama assembled his war council in the White House basement to discuss the eight-year-old Afghanistan conflict that military commanders are pressing him to escalate.
Do I even need comment?
The president and his top national security advisers huddled in the Situation Room to hear top military officials make their case for tens of thousands of additional troops to target Al Qaeda.
Al-WHO?
The session marked the first time Obama has questioned his inner circle specifically about troop levels needed to right a war that has languished in progress and popularity. A decision, though, was not in the offing....
But we DO KNOW there is NO THOUGHT of LEAVING from the PEACE PRIZE WINNER!
The focus of yesterday’s meeting was about what it would take - from the military, from US diplomats, and from the government’s wallet - for the United States to combat terrorism, the official said.
Notice the BIASED and DISTORTING newspaper calls it the GOVERNMENT'S WALLET!
Well, where does the government get its money?
From TAXPAYERS, so it is REALLY YOUR WALLET, America.
Is THIS what you want YOUR TAX DOLLARS being THROWN TOWARDS?
A NEVER-ENDING MASS-MURDER MACHINE BUILT upon LIES that is doing nothing but LOOTING YOU?
McChrystal is believed to have presented Obama with a range of options, from adding as few as 10,000 troops to as many as 40,000. The troop buildup is unpopular among some of Obama’s fellow Democrats and even among some of the officials he summoned to the secure conference room.
After a while you just get sick of the omitting, distorting, s***-fooley lies.
Obama has told top advisers he wants to identify objectives before committing troops or military assets to achieve them. Even his closest advisers say they have no idea where Obama is leaning on a war he inherited but now must execute....
Hey, Obama! There is BLOOD on YOUR HANDS, dude!!!!
Must have wiped off when you shook Bush's hand (along with all his other tendencies since you are acting just like him if not worse here).
Under the evolving strategy, the official said, the United States would fight only to keep the Taliban from retaking control of Afghanistan’s central government - something it is now far from being capable of - and from turning the country back into the sanctuary for Al Qaeda that it was before the 2001 invasion ousted the regime.
Not only is it the same old retread, shop-worn lies, it's also a new twist with the "Taliban" far from capable of taking over.
Yeah, they only control about three-quarters of the country -- but that ain't control!
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