President Obama Likely to Announce Afghan Decision Between Nov. 7 and 11; Will Likely Seek More Troops – But Not 40,000

The generals will ALWAYS ask for more troops, as they should, because as this nation's great warriors and in true American fashion they loathe 'not winning'. Thankfully, we have a government run by civilians who are accountable (hypothetically!) to we the people.
We need to make clear that there is no shame in leaving Afghanistan at this point in time. Bin Laden and friends have been dispersed by our military like poppy seeds into the wind. And now the enemy is cowering in the mountains in Pakistan, in the cities in Morocco and Saudi Arabia, and in the universities in Egypt and Iran, waiting and watching. Now we begin a different kind of fight, where we use ideology as a weapon rather than predator drones. A war that will be measured not in terrorists killed, but in Americans educated and our working class rebuilt. A war that will be won not with Tanks rolling down alleyways in far off places but with hybrids and electric cars rolling off Detroit factory lines. While we seem to be so preoccupied as a nation with tending to the homes of others, why can we not see that it is our own home now in most need of tending?

Thank you usmc mom.all the soldiers need people like you.we do are best to help people like your self.some one who cares.My time in afghanistan I will be doing route clearing for road side bombs.this is my first deployment.I did not have to go but i chose to go for my country and brothers in arms.and to keep are family safe.I wish your son the best and your family.

redneckmo,
You are in this moms prayers!! My son may be a Marine, but I love you all!

Ooh-Rah!

The thought of Obama waiting until aftet his vacation makes me very angry.
I hope he makes his mind up faster...I really don't understand the wait. The General said he NEEDS 40,000, so that's what you send.
God protect all out troops

Hey peter king I am a solider going to afghanistan to help keep you and your family safe.have you ever been in the military been to war.we going not for the money but for that guy beside us.It don't seem to bother you that us soldiers are over there dieing for you and every one.It up set me hearing you say that us soldiers dieing don't matter that is wrong.go to war put your life out there for others to live free an safe.Then lets see what you say then.yes it is sad that kids die going to school.If there parents would do right on there part maybe there will be less kids dieing.

FOR A SUPPOSEDLY INTELLIGENT MAN OBAMA SURE HAS A HARD TIME MAKING UP HIS MIND, HE SEEMS TO HAVE A CONDITION WHERE HE CAN NOT MAKE A DECISION AND NEEDS A SCAPE GOAT IN CASE HE WERE TO MAKE A MISTAKE SO THAT HE HAS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING TO BLAME IF THERE IS A FAILURE AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERY THING HE TOUCHES TURNS TO CRAP. HE MAKES SURE THAT HE TAKES CREDIT FOR ANY THING THAT HE FEELS WILL MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD IN THE EYES OF HIS ADORING FANS AND DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM ANY CONTROVERSY BUT HE IS THE ONE PULLING THE STINGS IN EVERY AREA ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE CRIMINAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL, HE IS DEFINITELY A COMMUNIST AND HAS TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

How long before you admit Obama was a mistake?

"President Obama Likely to Announce Afghan Decision Between Nov. 7 and 11"

WOW!!! I bet THAT threat sure sent shivers of fear down the Taliban and al Qaeda's spine!!

A DECISION!!!! WOW!!!!! Oh yeah, the Administration did qualify the threat with "likely," indicating there's no REAL concern....

So Obama might send more troops to Afganistan just not what the General says he needs. He is going to act like Rumsfeld who didn't want to send more troops to Iraq & we almost lost the war. Does anybody with any common sense advise this man? Or does he just ignore them thinking he knows everything?

8 more troopers died. Eight brave Americns who might still be alive had Barak sent the 40,000 troops that the General asked for. Eight more notches in your belt mr. president. You must be proud of yourself.

TODAY:

Eight U.S. troops were killed today in multiple "complex" bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, military officials reported.

Several other service members were injured in the attacks and were transported to a regional medical facility for treatment, U.S. Forces Afghanistan officials said.

"A loss like this is extremely difficult for the families as well as for those who served alongside these brave service members," said Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, a spokeswoman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force's Joint Command. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends who mourn their loss."

Further details about the event are being withheld pending notification of the families.

Maybe OBAMA should make the notifications, and tell the families how the campaign for the Governor of New Jersey and Virginia were more important than the lives of their sons... should make for GREAT television!!!

The DOD announced today the death of 4 Marines supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The following Marines died Oct. 26 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan:

1) Cpl. Gregory M.W. Fleury, 23, of Anchorage, Alaska.

2) Capt. Eric A. Jones, 29, of Westchester, N.Y.

3) Capt. David S. Mitchell, 30, of Loveland, Ohio.

4) Capt. Kyle R. Van De Giesen, 29, of North Attleboro, Mass.

Fleury, Jones and Van De Giesen were assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Mitchell was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Hey, Obama, go ahead and take your time trying to decide what would be your most politically beneficial decision...

MORON!!

nObama is doing absolutely EVERYTHING we knew he knew how to do.... campaign. He's in Norfolk, VA right now, trying to help the Virginia Governor get re-elected, so he can help nObama get re-elected in 2012.

Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

Oh, BTW, MORE DEAD IN AFGHANISTAN!!!!

I sure wish the results of those public focus groups would come in, telling Obama how to make his decision. I swear, the man is lucky to know which shoe to tie first without a focus group.

BTW, more DEAD in Afghanistan yesterday.... go ahead, take your friggin' time, MORON!!!

He is going to announce the decision about 15 minutes after the health care vote. Our troops have to live with uncertainty so he can have his "historic" expansion of the welfare state.

You know what really causes the Administration to be nailed in the polls. Because they are actually doing something. They are out there making the headlines, solving the problems, and giving you idiots something to second guess (with your vast knowledge), and make inane comments about.

All of you complainers exist in your own little world. The vast majority have never been out of this country, most getting all your "information" and "knowledge" from Fox. You don't know how to think except one dimensionally, and most of you are poor at that.

We finally have a President that is willing to put his political career on the line by solving the issues no other president since FDR has faced. All prior administrations, BOTH Democrats and Republicans, laid low and made no waves. Legislated tax break candy to keep the masses happy. Legislated our future away to big business in appreciation for their contributions. And, looked the other way as the problems mounted.

Obama and Biden are out there sticking their necks out, tackling the problems that have been growing for 40 years and those left to them by the worst president in history, constantly giving the media and columnists something to rant about. If Obama manages to survive the next election, and keep a majority in congress America might have a chance. The only thing that will keep this from happening is the ignorance, fear, and paranoia of the American masses.

You should be thankful we have finally have a REAL President.

Read Remarks by Senator Obama: A War We Need To Win, August 1, 2007...I did not vote for Obama, nor McCain for that matter, but if you did vote for Obama, was it not based partly upon the statement above??

(2) more Chicago students killed in last 48 hours going to class. That's now 115 Chicago students killed since Obama got elected. This all in South Chicago; the same area of Rev. Wright's church and the same area where Mayor Daley cut the Police force after he spent $50 millin of city money trying to get the 2016 Olympics. 115 students killed is more killed than were killed in Iraq and Afganistan.

I wonder what would happen if you made Heroin legal worldwide and spend 1/4 the funding we do in "fighting" drug lords on methadone clinics? Oh, that's right, we would cut the knees out from under them and eliminate a huge portion of their funding. Oh...logic is such a difficult thing, even for Obama.

Laura Brown wrote "" A military victory is not achievable, only a political one"""" Really? So how do you win politically and lose militarily? What background do you have to draw on to make your assessment?