Naive Question

[poliphilo]

If you say you're going to have a surge but afterwards you'll withdraw aren't you effectively telling the enemy to hang on in there?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's kind of like a replay of GWB's war talks.
Obama has reverted to citing 9/11 as justification for policy -- as did Bush. Agreed, that Bin Laden is probably hiding out somewhere in the region (most likely Pakistan by now). That was our original reason for opening hostilities in Afghanistan -- to capture and/or kill Bin Laden. No one seems to care about that objective any longer. I wonder why? Would it be because if we continue to chase Osama Bin Laden we would have to open hostilities with Pakistan, using the same rationale we originally used for Afghanistan -- that they were aiding and abetting this monster?
My question: How did the chase after the mastermind of 9/11 turn into a war to turn most Mideast countries into democracies? Strange!

Me Again

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Sorry, forgot to sign in again. It was I.

Re: Me Again

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think Bin Laden is dead. There are reports that he died very shortly after 911. Some of the videos released since then quite plainly feature lookalikes. The authorities know this- and that's why they're no longer going on about hunting him down.

Re: Me Again

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

So then the dead Bin Laden became an excuse for having a "lovely war"? Geez!

Re: Me Again

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

They don't want to acknowledge his demise because he's a useful bogeyman figure.