Why THIS war is Different

[Techn0Girl]

In THIS war we are going after Al-Queda
Except al-Queda has only about 100 operatives in Iraq.

In THIS war we are going after the people who assisted 9-11
Except there were NO Afghani planers or terrorists involved in it. 15 of the 19 people on the plane were Saudis

In THIS war we are going after Bin Laden.
Except he's in Pakistan now.

In THIS war we aren't following the Bush doctrine of going to war BEFORE there is an actual problem.
Except we are.

In THIS war the Afghanis want and need our help.
Except they don't

Yep this war is so much different.

[MNDemNY]

1. You forgot that "he" supports this one. Case closed.

This war is the good war.

[Techn0Girl]

2. Yeah. It saddens me to finally understand that the cheerleaders on the Left the same as on the Right

[MNDemNY]

3. here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7139404

[Techn0Girl]

4. I like your Avatar idea - I'm changing mine as well

[Dr Robert]

27. it should sadden you that supposed Democrats are willing to stand in Obama's way as much as a Repuke

on nearly every issue.

[polichick]

5. Well said - sad as it is. K&R nt

[ClarkUSA]

6. 'Gen. Petraus "says affiliated organizations still have "enclaves and sanctuaries" in the country'

The country Gen. Petraus was referring to is Afghanistan, of course.

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3870206

Also from a recent BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8384994.stm

Later Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Britain wanted Pakistan to "join us in upping our game" in tackling terrorism
on its border with Afghanistan... he said it was "right that we recognise that stability in Afghanistan requires stability in
Pakistan too and that requires a combined effort."

We've all got to do more, Pakistan has got to do more, Afghanistan has got to do more and the international community
has got to do more, but we've also got to do better."

Between this source and the other source that quoted Petraeus, they bolster the reasons why Candidate wanted and why
President Obama wants to "finish the job" in Afghanistan and why he has the support of both the Afghanistan President
and the Pakistani PM to do so, especially since fighting will take place along the mountainous Af-Pak border region where
the Al-Qaida leadership is ostensibly hiding.

[Techn0Girl]

7. Petreus? Wasn't he the guy we all hated during the Bush years?

Guess he's all right now...
No longer an unperson?

[polichick]

10. Betreus is now Obama's best military bud. whoopee!

[ClarkUSA]

15. Thanks for your usual penetrating analysis of the facts.

:rofl:

[polichick]

17. The pitiful fact I posted about requires no analysis for those who still think. nt

[ClarkUSA]

21. What's pitiful is how some mistake meaningless childish rhetoric for a "fact".

But it's not surprising, given that's how most of the 24/7 anti-Obama crowd always operate when it comes to attacking Pres. Obama.

[polichick]

26. DU Rule #3: Civility: Treat other members with respect. Do not post personal attacks...

...against other members of this discussion forum.

[ClarkUSA]

29. Um, I made no personal attack. I stated a fact re: your reply that said, "Betreus... whoopee!"

But since I obviously hurt your feelings, I changed my reply. :hi:

[Cha]

13. So that means you're going to continue ignoring the facts

because they don't match up to your lies?

[Techn0Girl]

16. Speaking of facts...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x33724

[Cha]

18. Just as I thought..you're all fucking smoke and mirrors.

[Techn0Girl]

19. and you are on my ignore list. Your, Sir, are a waste of time.

[ClarkUSA]

14. Ignore the facts to keep spewing the red-meat rhetoric. That's all you've got.

:eyes:

[Techn0Girl]

30. You have no argument. You're spewing and just wasting my time.

You can not be reasoned with or argued with any more than a right-wing teabagger can be argued with.

You're on ignore from now on. You are just not worth spending time with.

[Cha]

8. Thanks, Clark for linking some reality on this

thread.

[MNDemNY]

11. .

:o :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :patriot: You crack me up!!!!

[ClarkUSA]

20. You're welcome, Cha. The 24/7 Obama Outrage Club obviously favors red meat rhetoric over facts.

They're just like teabaggers that way and are about as credible. They're just pissed about Pres. Obama's having an exit plan that ends
the war in Afghanistan by 2011. So what we're seeing is a hastily thrown-together Plan B of their perpetual FauxRage.

[Cha]

22. Their thrown together poutrage is all about denying the facts

and smearing the board with shit about britney spears.

[ClarkUSA]

25. That's all the 24/7 Obama Outrage Club got. Facts contradict their red meat bullshit rhetoric.

Like I said, they operate just like teabaggers do but much to their dismay, they are much less relevant to the
party than their wingnut counterparts. That says a lot about the Democratic Party and not much about the
RNC.

[whyverne]

9. It bugs me when "He" invokes 9/11.

9/11 could have been stopped so easily. If Bush and Rice hadn't had their heads up their butts.

[polichick]

12. And if they really wanted to stop it. Who knows? nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

23. Edit your first part (not "Iraq")

[Bluerthanblue]

28. the OP seems to believe the two are interchangeable.

:shrug:

[Techn0Girl]

32. Yes I do ... they ARE intercgangable.

Now you get it?
good.

[Bluerthanblue]

33. no they are not- and your saying so

doesn't make it so.

Sorry- you think you have the corner on what reality is, but you don't.

Where was your outrage when Obama addressed us in March stating his plans for Afghanistan? You were here then, let's see a link to your posts decrying the 17,000 troops that were sent over as a result.

The problem is that I DO 'get it' Techn0Girl- and my consistant position against using violence as a means of controlling others can be found in the DU archives-

Being against war is not an end in itself- you can be against war and not be an advocate for peace.

Do you get THAT?

You will, someday, I believe.

:hi:

[Jakes Progress]

24. It's different because it's ours now. nt

[avaistheone1]

31. +100 technogirl

Great summary of the facts.