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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:34 PM Original message |
Frontline's Season Opener: "Obama's War" |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, it is his war and if he buys into the continual call for escalation and more troops |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. PBS is losing my support |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Technically, it's "Bush's War that he started and didn't finish" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Or hooking RW NutJobs to watch in the hope... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "is trying everything it can to end these wars gracefully" |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The escalation is in response |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. The American people want out of Iraq and Afghanistan... |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Exactly! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. YOUR war (you're claiming it now) will never be over. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Wait...you're gonna be a peacemaker by waging more war? |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. It is now both their wars. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. You might try watching the show first before passing judgement... |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Obama Supported Afghanistan |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. No--it is now Obama's. He escalated and is in charge. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm torn over Afghanistan, though |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. These are all good points |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Agreed, but what long term good can we do there without setting up shop and policing the country? |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. We must train a competent military in AfPak |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Just like in Iraq? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Like we trained Al Queda and Bin Laden |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. Its Obamas war now unless he chooses to end it |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. The President campaigned on winning the AfPak War |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I have many issues wtih Obama, but this is one area I agree with |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Win? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh goody, another "We told you so" moment. n/t |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. It'smpolitics either way, but Dems need to see some necessity for protecting US against AQ threat in |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Does Al Qaeda really pose a threat to the United States? |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Absolutely |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. How do you know that he is planning "major operations"? |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The Osama is dead conspiracy theory |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "We know he is planning operations because that is what he does." |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Bin Laden is a free man |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Capturing Bin Laden will do NOTHING to slow them. And you are justifying massive loss of life... |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. The tyrant Bin Laden?? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Too much kool-aide |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. "They must we wiped out" |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. Would an end to the wars be the final stake in the heart |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think the title is a hook... |
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BadGimp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Obama's War? WTF |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Soon to be: "Obama's Lost War". |
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