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Afghanistan
Dhimmicrats resist Afghan troop increase
2009-09-06
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats are signaling that any push by the White House for more troops in Afghanistan probably will run into resistance.
And remember kids, the Dhimmicrats thought Afghanistan was the 'good war' ...
Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the U.S. must focus more on building Afghan security forces. That view was endorsed by Sen. Jack Reed, who is also on the committee and spent two days in Afghanistan this past week with Levin, D-Mich. Their unease follows a NATO airstrike early Friday on hijacked fuel tankers that killed as many as 70 people.
That doesn't mean the airstrike caused their unease ...
Congress returns to work in the week ahead, just as President Barack Obama receives a new military review of Afghanistan strategy. Officials expect it will be followed up by a request for at least a modest increase in U.S. troops battling insurgents in the 8-year-old war.

Obama came into office pledging to shift U.S. focus from the war in Iraq to the Afghan fight, which had long been a secondary priority. But as war-weary Americans have watched 21,000 more troops go to Afghanistan this year, and U.S. casualties rise, support for the war has waned.
At least among Dhimmicrats who'd like to use the money for 'health care' and 'green jobs' ...
As a result, lawmakers say they want the U.S. to more quickly train and equip the Afghan Army and police so the embattled country can take over its own security needs.

"There are a lot of ways to speed up the numbers and capabilities of the Afghan army and police. They are strongly motivated," Levin said from Kuwait. "I think that we should pursue that course ... before we consider a further increase in combat forces beyond what's already been planned to be sent in the months ahead."

Levin said there is a growing consensus on the need to expedite training and equipping the Afghan army to improve security in Afghanistan, where 51 U.S. troops died in August, making it the bloodiest month for American forces there since the U.S.-led invasion in late 2001.
As if we hadn't been doing this all along ...
The hesitancy to boost troops levels comes just days after Obama's defense chief suggested a willingness to consider an increase. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged patience with the war effort, and said he would be comfortable with a larger U.S. military presence in Afghanistan as long as the increase reassured the country's citizens that the Americans were there for the benefit of Afghans.
Posted by:Steve White

#10  Their base doesn't give a shit about national defense or the military readiness

They've been doing this for years. First they defund the military. Then rather than spend the proceeds on the national debt they pay for social services for illegals and stuff we don't need in order to buy votes. Then the trunks get put back in place and rebuild the military all the while fighting the chorus of folks who have grown all too accustomed to their entitlements. About the time the military gets put back on its feet the donks get voted back into power and the cycle starts over again. It's a vicious cycle that can't go on forever.
Posted by: gorb   2009-09-06 22:47  

#9  History is giving the democrats a gaping opportunity to do the right thing: bolster our defenses and win the wars we are in now.

AH but you forget' this is BUSH'S WAR and to be hindered at every turn to make Bush look bad.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-09-06 20:48  

#8  and not be pelted with garbage and angry shouts?

NO, he'd be SHOT.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-09-06 13:56  

#7  Frank, I think the relegation to a minority status by the Donks is coming in 2010, and a terrorist attack on US soil will only accentuate the degree of minorityness.
The ordinary US citizen is full up with the stupid crap being fed by the Donks ( at all levels) and is just waiting for Nov 2010 to push the 'R' button. Look for massive fraud around that time also.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2009-09-06 12:53  

#6  Will they act to do the right thing?

No. Their base doesn't give a shit about national defense or the military readiness, nor do they give a shit about those sacrificing to serve in our military. The Donk party is totally unserious about their responsibilities and when (not if) the next strike on American soil happens, they will be relegated to minority status for a looong time
Posted by: Frank G   2009-09-06 10:35  

#5  The Democrats would need the full four years of Mr. Obamam's presidency to make that work. Given the Tea Parties, and that conservatives are a majority, albeit a slim one, in all fifty states, what odds they're going to have that much time?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-09-06 09:51  

#4  Not meaning to disagree, but are democrats that certifiably insane to think they can actually get by with defense cuts while we are in the middle of an unfinished war and not pay the political consequences?

History is giving the democrats a gaping opportunity to do the right thing: bolster our defenses and win the wars we are in now.

The US Constitution is a glaring requirement staring them in the face that they must act now to defend the nation, otherwise both events and politics will run way ahead of their agenda.

Can you see a democrat Congressman explaining to a town hall of constituents, "Our requirement to force everyone to but health insurances means something has to be cut back:" mainly defense?

and not be pelted with garbage and angry shouts?

History doesn't give a nation very many chances to do the right thing to protect itself, its citizens and future generations. Our Congress just such chance right before their very eyes.

Will they act to do the right thing?
Posted by: badanov   2009-09-06 09:11  

#3  Badanov -

Watch the skies. There are rumors that the mother of all defense cutbacks is coming. Obama is ready to close DOD to pay for his plans, and Congress will happily cooperate.

Mike

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-09-06 08:36  

#2  Our Soldiers deserve far more than this fool congress. If they do not take this serious, than Washington DC deserves to also become a bloodsport.
Posted by: newc   2009-09-06 05:26  

#1  This Congress has an historic opportunity not to mention the sacred Constitutional duty to deal with the drop in US readiness and to address the military needs we have in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

We are in Afghanistan and Congress has the absolute responsibility to provide US forces with the necessary funds to win the war.

Playing Santa Claus with taxpayer funded giveaways in a time of war is nothing less than the abdication of the responsibility.

The window for Congress to act in the national interest closes this year.
Posted by: badanov   2009-09-06 00:27  

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