So ...... you've had a night to sleep on it ....... ya feelin' all surgy an' such?

[Stinky The Clown]

Check in ...... how's the "new strategy" sitting with you?

[bdamomma]

1. totally sucks.

[Morning Dew]

2. More "bursty" than "surgy", but that's just my style.

:rofl:

[Robb]

6. I used to be that way

...Try drinking less fluid before bedtime. :D

[Morning Dew]

11. lol.

:)

[panader0]

3. Just the word 'surge' doesn't sit well with me.

Reminds me of this other guy.

[LWolf]

I puked it up first thing this morning.

:puke:

[hobbit709]

4. The only thing that surged was my rear end on the porcelain throne.

[xiamiam]

5. unrec crew up early this am...i am still reeling..bill kristol loves it...wtf..nt

[Hissyspit]

7. One in six of the U.S. population could not afford to buy sufficient food to stay healthy

at some point in 2009. Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Survey

[bdamomma]

9. yup, and it will probably get worse.

where are our priorities?

[MindPilot]

8. Know that feeling when you wake up and say "what the fuck did I do last night?"

like that.

[Morning Dew]

10. Seriously, I'm appalled as much now as I was when I found out about the escalation.

I thought Afghanistan was the right thing to do after 9/11 - then Bush screwed it up with his Iraq misadventure.

Any opportunity for doing the right thing for us and Afghanistan was lost long ago.

[backscatter712]

12. Ambivalent.

I hope President Obama & his advisers came up with a plan that gets us to victory in Afghanistan, or at least gets our troops home alive & intact.

I'm afraid it'll be another clusterfuck, but I hope Obama's smart enough to know what he's getting into and knows how to succeed.

And as much as I would have concluded it's not worth it to remain in Afghanistan, at the same time, there are issues like the treatment of Afghanistan's women that I'd like to see resolved in a way that doesn't involve girls getting acid thrown in their faces or getting shot for the horrible crime of going to school or not wearing a burqa. I have no love for the Islamic fundies and will shed no tears if we do find a way to kick their sorry asses.

And I am glad he chose to impose a withdrawal timeline. At least now, the President of all people is actually talking about us getting out of Afghanistan, which is an improvement over the previous "We're there as long as it takes" crap.

[nemo137]

14. If I had to do one word, that'd be mine.

[midnight]

13. I want congress to end this war....

[Odin2005]

15. Fine, with reservations.

[NOW tense]

16. I have reached maximum disillusionment. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. Empty.

[madokie]

18. I'll let smarter men and women than myself handle this

in the meantime I've got President O's back. I still like my choice for President

[tekisui]

19. The gop loves it. The Taliban loves it.

I hate it.

[Individualist]

29. Neolibs love it.

They're still out in force with their war lust.

[L0oniX]

20. "surgy" ...LOL. Lets devote all our resources to war and killing ...NOT!

[Christa]

21. I am angry and sad nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

22. The President layed out a coherent, compelling arguement for his decision

[Myrina]

23. I feel like its 2004 & Bush gave a speech last night.

... I am embarrassed to say that I, a lifelong Dem and liberal, was doing a Joe Wilson imitation last night.

"we do not torture" ... but rendition is still happening, Mr. President.
"Guantanamo will close" ... umm ... sure it will, Mr. President.
"9/11 came from Afghanistan" ... actually, most of the hijackers were Saudi's, Mr. President.

In other words, YOU LIE, Mr. President.

Obama has drank the Bush-Cheney Kool Aid, and disappoints me beyond words.
Progressives of America have been punked.


:(

[StarfarerBill]

24. I thought I felt surgy this morning, but then realized it was just something I'd eaten.

So no, still against The Surge 2.0.

[madrchsod]

25. i`m believing in that "change" more and more everyday........

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

26. You bet! I can't wait to see the monument to the cannon-fodder after the glorious victory.

[Autumn]

27. I feel safe, just like during Bush's

term.:sarcasm: I feel a urge to write Bush and tell him I support him retroactively.:puke: It would probably be the "right thing to do."

[Neecy]

28. If he had offered a bit of a trade off

Such as, for instance, reducing our troop presence in other parts of the world instead of sending the same units to the ME again, and again, and again...at least I wouldn't view him as Bush Lite...

If he had cut some of the obscene costs of these US outposts he'd reduce resentment worldwide and start chipping away at the Pentagon's imperialism. But the war machine rumbles on, completely undisturbed.

[tnlefty]

30. Not feeling surgy.

Nope, not at all.

[bahrbearian]

31. What I feel good about is

we are going to hold Afgan officals accountable, but I wonder if we hold them accountable the way we've held our own Accountable.

[Johonny]

32. was surprised

the radio and TV was pretty positive on the surge.