12-15-2008, 11:10 PM
Dakota wrote:
[quote=JoeH]
[quote=Dakota]
[quote=Dennis S]
Bush killed more Americans than the terrorists. He didn't have to. Maybe there is something to "turn the other cheek."
You have Afghanistan to show us how to do it better. For the start, Obama is going to pour even more troops there.
Mostly replacing ones that were taken out to go to Iraq years ago. But it may still be too little, too late, the Taliban and al-Queda have had 5+ years to rebuild, create new hiding places, and train up new groups influenced by them.
Sounds like a good reason to get out, this time out of Afghanistan. At least you get your wish.
Who says it was my wish? That is just you talking to yourself in the mirror. If the Bush administration had concentrated on Afghanistan in the first place instead of going off on a tangent after Iraq it might have actually done some good. Instead, it has drawn out our presence there, split the special forces so they had far fewer available to go after Bin-Laden and the Taliban, and given the opponents of us the chance to rebuild on that basis. Sounds more like failure in Aghanistan was the Bush administration's and your wish.