thinkprogress.org— During a videoconference with U.S. military and civilian personnel yesterday, President Bush praised the troops fighting in Afghanistan, claiming he was “a little envious” of their “romantic” fight
Mar 14, 2008View in Crawl 4
Good. Why don't you spend more time and money there then instead of Iraq?From a Jan 31st 2008 TIME magazine article:* "Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said."* "Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities... three independent reports concluding that without a change in U.S. policy there, the erstwhile sanctuary of Osama bin Laden would remain a failed state."* "After spending $25 billion over six years to try to defeat the Taliban... the Taliban is now setting off more bombs... killing more Americans"<a class="user" href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1708934,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,170 ...</a>
insightfulMar 14, 2008
Good. Why don't you spend more time and money there then instead of Iraq?From a Jan 31st 2008 TIME magazine article:* "Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said."* "Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities... three independent reports concluding that without a change in U.S. policy there, the erstwhile sanctuary of Osama bin Laden would remain a failed state."* "After spending $25 billion over six years to try to defeat the Taliban... the Taliban is now setting off more bombs... killing more Americans"<a class="user" href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1708934,00.html">http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,170 ...</a>
Closed AccountMar 14, 2008
I guess it's easy to be pleased with the illegal invasion when your stock portfolio has seen record profits.
quokkapoxMar 15, 2008
Yeah, hearing loss, mutilated limbs, and traumatic brain injuries are so romantic.Good God. Why haven't we impeached this monkey?
doubleheadMar 15, 2008
I say let's send him there with the faulty equipment he's afforded all the troops