your guys to Afganistan

[margypops]

Okay we yelled at Bush , me too, when our troups wre sent to Iraq and kept there, , but so is it okay they now be sent tro Afganistan, so why is it so differabnt and how much is this going to cost..

[dominosarah]

I still think they should of put Bush on one camel and Bin Laden on another and they should of met in the middle of the desert.............

[ILADVOCATE]

Actually of course we did try to invade Cuba in 1961 and it was a disaster. The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban missile crisis brought us to the brink of a nuclear war. Anyway, Castro may be a despot in his own country but he hasn't ordered the deaths of thousands of innocent people around the world. And he is not president of Cuba anymore and will likely die soon. He is no longer of any importance. My main concern is the extension of the war from Afghanistan into Pakistan which does have nuclear arms and is making peace treaties in local areas with the Taliban. Its very hard for me to say because I support pulling the troops out of Iraq in the time frame Obama named but I can't say what's right to do as regards Afghanistan. We can't abandon the fight against terrorism but we can't put innocent American lives at risk. Anyway, in carrying over the same secretary of defense from the Bush administration Obama made it clear he would carry on the same agenda and from what I believe the generals requested more troops in Afghanistan. I certainly don't want to see more American lives lost (or innocent lives on the other side) but I can't say what is the right thing to do.

[April2]

Sounds like a politician to me. Should we be surprised? They all make promises they don't or can't keep. We just have to wait and see what happens, I guess. He is our president for at least the next four years.

[Barbarella]

When Obama was running for Prez he told the people what he thought they wanted to hear, but now he is the President and a different wind is blowing.

For example while he was campaigning he promised that he will withdraw our troops from Iraq within 16 months -  this will never happen and he already hinted it real strong that this is not possible.

Guantanomo Bay he will close in one year -  again, it will never happen because he doesn't even know where to put these terrorists.  Europe does not want them, Europe who screamed the loudest about how we "mistreat" these "innocent" detainees.  Nobody wants them not even Ft. Leavenworth.  "Signing" to have Gitmo closed and actually "deliver it" are two different pair of shoes.  Talk is cheap!

Obama is not doing anything different than Bush when it comes to the wars.  Except for kissing a.... on Al Arabya.  What did that get him?  Criticism from the muslim world including Iran that what Obama did on Al Arabya showed a "sign of weakness".  They hate us, we are the infidals, and no matter what Obama does or says will not make a difference or change their (radicals) hate for us.  Bin Laden's #2 man already called Obama all kind of names and criticized him for "leaving his muslim faith".

  

[April2]

What I don't get is why we didn't do this to begin with. We should have been actively searching for Bin Laden since he first attacked us. I don't think we ever should have gone in to Iraq.

[margypops]

So guys is it okay under the new President that we send a few thousand troops back to what we were  protesting about ,what is the differance now betwen Obama doing this and  Bush...Maybe I am missing something enlighten me please.