I was just reading a New York Times article entitled "Europeans Offer Few New
Troops for Afghanistan". As the title denotes, it is regarding the
less-than-enthusiastic responses that other NATO members have given to
President Barack Obama's request for more troops in Afghanistan. In all, all
of Europe is only willing to commit a total of 5,000 troops, 3,000 of which
will only be there on a temporary basis for the upcoming election. So America
sends dozens of thousands, while Europe sends its thousands.

Tell me; after Bush's fiasco in Iraq, which was based upon lies, deceptions
and a distortion of the facts, can you really blame the hesitancy of the
Europeans? And what about the Russians? They certainly learned their lesson
from their long quagmire in Afghanistan during the 1980's. It is only the USA
that is stupid enough to get bogged down in an expensive, protracted guerrilla
war in the dangerous mountains of Afghanistan.

That is why I have stated that for all of his talking and campaign promises,
in some ways, Obama is really no different than Bush. Obama may withdraw
troops from Iraq -- and not even all of them -- but many of those same tired,
over-extended troops will soon find themselves in Afghanistan, facing an enemy
who knows the terrain much better than they do, and who has had years of
experience in fighting guerrilla warfare.

Obama, you are making one big mistake. Apparently you learned very little from
Bush's mistakes. If you want to be a one-term president, you are certainly
going down the right road.

Of course, we are back to the same old war-boom-bust strategy. Continuing and
expanding the Afghanistan war will get some people's minds off of the economy,
it will keep some people working, and it will get some money flowing in the
economy...but at what price?

If after eight years, George W. Bush was unable, or unwilling, to capture
Osama bin Laden, and couldn't defeat al-Qaeda and the Taliban, what makes
Obama think that he can do it? Why is Obama REALLY willing to commit more
troops to Afghanistan? What does he REALLY hope to accomplish? Victory? I
don't think so. Afghanistan is much more difficult than Iraq.

Jeff Snyder, SysOp - Armageddon BBS  Visit us at endtimeprophecy.org port 23
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