The Afghanistan escalation is a serious mistake of US policy- agree/disagree

[bobthedrummer]

Poll question: The Afghanistan escalation is a serious mistake of US policy- agree/disagree

don't have an opinion or hold a different one. I feel that this is going to be recognized as a very harmful decision in the long and short run for US.

Comments are encouraged.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Other--I don't know yet how this will serve national interests.

[mike_c]

2. I started a similar poll yesterday, that's currently 6 to 1 opposed....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7116511

on edit-- and BTW, I'm implacably opposed.

[apnu]

4. This poll and your poll lack the timetable mention, so they aren't accurate, IMO. (nt)

[mike_c]

6. no, they simply don't poll the questions YOU'D like to ask...

...so why not start one that you like better?

Did you cast your vote, or are you complaining without voting?

[apnu]

12. I voted for "other" no other option fits for my opinion.

[noamnety]

15. I appreciated both your poll and this one.

A handful of the Obama/war enthusiasts were so vocal on every thread trying to demonize anyone who opposed the war that I was starting to lose faith in DU as a whole. It's reassuring to see it really is a small minority.

[mike_c]

21. that was my reason for conducting the poll....

Yeah, I was starting to feel like I'd wandered down the rabbit hole.

[FiveGoodMen]

3. Serious mistake is putting it way too mildly

[bobthedrummer]

5. Understatement is part of my repertoire-so is attempting to influence elected officials to listen

to we the people regardless of all else.

[enigmatic]

7. huge mistake n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Catastrophic rather than serious. And, planned, rather than mistake.

[Saturday]

9. Other, I'll wait to hear what Obama has to say. nt

[Orsino]

10. I will wait to hear his justification...

...before deciding how catastrophically bad an idea this escalation is.

[mvd]

11. I'll wait, too

But I've heard "exit plan" so much that it doesn't say much to me. I think he is taking a better approach than Bush, but we'll see if it's enough. We should be gradually withdrawing troops starting now, with a total exit date not far out. No solution is perfect, but leaving is better IMO than the huge spending over there - and the best way to stop terror is not occupation.

[bobthedrummer]

14. "Vietnamzation" was an exit plan too mvd-this is what I and others remember vividly

[Johonny]

20. me too

it's like hours away.

[truebrit71]

13. Screwed either way.

..

[Echo In Light]

16. Something that's pre-meditated & strategized isn't a "mistake" in my view.

[proteus_lives]

17. We don't know yet.

[Individualist]

18. Not a mistake, a disaster.

[TexasObserver]

19. A "mistake" is thinking another car in a parking lot is yours. This is a DISASTER.

So, yeah, it's a mistake. A great, great big one.

[bobthedrummer]

22. I watched and listened last night... one year ago I was celebrating with others saying "We did it!"

:puke: