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Is Obama serious about Afghanistan?

You don’t have to be a “CSI” investigator to see that Gibbs wasn’t going to leave a trace of evidence on this one. It was a simple query: Would Obama also say that the United States will hang tough until the job is done? The press secretary, though, fended it off. And later in the briefing, he commented, “We cannot stay there forever.” That is not the Rasmussen position. That means the leaders of the two key forces in Afghanistan cannot agree on their respective dedication to the mission. Sounds awkward.

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Is Obama serious about Afghanistan?

No! Next question.

jdkchem on September 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM

no

nyx on September 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM

No.

Wethal on September 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM

Do bears crap in the Vatican?

Good Lt on September 30, 2009 at 9:24 PM

Gets him all wee-wee’d up.

John the Libertarian on September 30, 2009 at 9:25 PM

No. Not now. Never was.

He just said it, like he says everything, because that’s what people wanted to hear at the time. Haven’t you been paying attention at all?

UnderstandingisPower on September 30, 2009 at 9:26 PM

I would surely not like to have my son or daughter in this man’s army. He never mentions the soldiers, never talks about how wonderful they are. I think he would just like to leave them there until they all disappeared. I hope all the hopey dopey people who voted for this idiot are happy. I guess this is what they wanted so I guess they are happy.

Bambi on September 30, 2009 at 9:27 PM

Is Obama serious about Afghanistan?

No! Next question.

jdkchem on September 30, 2009 at 9:23 PM

Done in one.

teke184 on September 30, 2009 at 9:29 PM

What’s with the trick questions?

The real question: was he ever serious about it in the first place?

Answer: NO.

CPT. Charles on September 30, 2009 at 9:36 PM

Obama is in fact so sooper-cereal about Afghanistan, he has to make his point by spending time in Copenhagen to get the Olympics to Chicago in seven years.

I don’t think Obama could be any more serious than that.

catmman on September 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM

Candidate Obama in a speech last year at the Woodrow Wilson Center of the CFR:

I will send a clear message: we will not repeat the mistake of the past, when we turned our back on Afghanistan following Soviet withdrawal. As 9/11 showed us, the security of Afghanistan and America is shared. And today, that security is most threatened by the al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary in the tribal regions of northwest Pakistan…….. There must be no safe-haven for terrorists who threaten America. We cannot fail to act because action is hard.

Words, just words….

SteveMG on September 30, 2009 at 9:38 PM

Osama Obama is interested only in himself.

It’s as simple as that.

MrScribbler on September 30, 2009 at 9:44 PM

Atlas Shrugged for liberals!

pgrossjr on September 30, 2009 at 9:44 PM

It’s David Corn. What is he thinking?

thebrokenrattle on September 30, 2009 at 10:19 PM

Of course, SFB, Obama, is not at all serious about Afghanistan. Afghanistan is just in inconvenient sideshow. SFB-Obama is only concerned about implementing marxism and overthrowing the US Constitution. We must fight him every millimeter of the way.

BottomLine5 on September 30, 2009 at 10:32 PM

America should get out of Afghanistan. It’s an irrelevant backwater. Republicans/conservatives should not let themselves be tricked into championing expansion of that war!

It’s in Obama interest to let the Afghan war turn into a quagmire. It will reenergize the far left. The blame will fall to Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton.

An Afghan quagmire will give Obama an opportunity to position himself as the moderate between the “warmongers” and the far left, and at the same time an excuse to gut the military for his domestic programs.

modifiedcontent on September 30, 2009 at 11:01 PM

Obama is serious about the glorification of Obama.

He wants the grass crown.

Meremortal on October 1, 2009 at 12:25 AM

I this the same obama who has only talked with his U.S./Nato commander once in eight months?
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/28/once/

chewydog on October 1, 2009 at 12:31 AM

Is Obama serious about Afghanistan?

Obama can answer this…

…by giving as much attention to this war that he has given his failing health care proposal:

When Obama uses his primetime media access to back up his campaign rhetoric in supporting the mission of winning in Afghanistan/Pakistan.

When Obama sends his talking heads like Matthews,olberman,and couric to push his message of the need for victory.

When the Obama white House uses it’s 527 groups and other activists groups to push for victory in the Afghanistan war.

When we actually start seeing some “smart power” from this White House instead of constantly just “hearing” about how smart they are.

When Obama’s democratic majorities in Congress stand up and speak out in support of Obama’s campaign rhetoric of how important it is to win in Afghanistan/Pakistan and how it directly affects the safety of the US.

When Obama gives the military what it needs to complete their mission without political calculations and irresponsible delays.

…..then we will start to see that Obama is taking this war seriously.

Baxter Greene on October 1, 2009 at 1:04 AM

Obama has spent more time and effort talking to public school kids and the Olympic committee than he has talking about war strategy with his field commanders.

Fletch54 on October 1, 2009 at 8:32 AM

Is Obama serious about Afghanistan?

Yes. But he is on the other side.

MikeA on October 1, 2009 at 9:23 AM

I question the racism inherent in this question.

Little Boomer on October 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM