Obama extends the Bush legacy

Liberals are pissed at Obama's strategy on Afghanistan which he announced this week:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8296281

"Nonsense, Mr. President. Please drop the bushian language. Damn straight the U.S. chose to fight a war in Afghanistan. And is continuing to choose war there."

By the way, I really like his plan, which can accurately be described as a SURGE:

By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 27, 2009; 12:08 PM

President Obama this morning announced a new Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy that will require significantly higher levels of U.S. funding and thousands more military and civilian personnel to reverse what he called an "increasingly perilous" situation.

 

Defend the incompetence of the Bush presidency by saying that its policies are reflected in the Obama administration. It's going to be a long eight years for some people.

Yes, I said eight.

 

I hope he serves two terms, I wish him the best. If he stays on his current path he will be fine. What is good for the US and our allies is that we will have had a consistent approach to our security interests around the world for the past several years.

That is why the liberal wing of the democratic party is so pissed off right now. Nothing has really changed regarding our security posture. Smart man, that Obama.

 

Afghan, Pakistani leaders praise new US strategy

By SEBASTIAN ABBOT

KABUL – Afghanistan and Pakistan on Saturday praised the new U.S. strategy for dealing with growing violence in the two countries, with the Afghan president saying the plan to reconcile with moderate Taliban militants was better than expected and his Pakistani counterpart focusing on using development to fight extremism.

President Barack Obama announced the new strategy Friday with the hope of reversing the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, where violence has been increasing from Taliban militants who fled the 2001 U.S.-led invasion and have been launching cross-border attacks from sanctuaries in Pakistan.

The violence provides cover for al-Qaida operatives who Obama said are also holed up in Pakistan and planning attacks against the U.S. and other countries. The overarching goal of the new strategy is to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" al-Qaida in the region by increasing civilian and military assistance on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090328/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

 

I'm not in the habit of quoting myself but in this case I think it is appropriate:

It worked for Bush in Iraq, and it will probably work for Obama in Afghanistan. Obama has paid attention and learned well, and listened to his SecDef, General Petraeus and other top brass, who were all appointed by the Bush administration.

By the way junior, I only take the time to discuss serious matters with people who can have mutual respect. If you start dropping negative K again based on disagreeing on a subject of policy or politics, you're going to have to find someone else to dialogue with, or go back to discussing the size of women's asses in the men's locker room.

 

By Ben Feller - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Mar 28, 2009 10:02:14 EDT

WASHINGTON — Widening war in “the most dangerous place in the world,” President Barack Obama launched a fresh effort Friday to defeat al-Qaida terrorists in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, defending his strategy with shades of the dire language of George W. Bush.

...Bush often reminded the nation that terrorists were plotting to kill Americans, even as the public fear dissipated with each passing year after the 9/11 attacks.

“I remind everybody, the United States of America did not choose to fight a war in Afghanistan,” Obama said. “Nearly 3,000 of our people were killed on Sept. 11, 2001, for doing nothing more than going about their daily lives.”

...The former president often decried what he-called artificial timelines for pulling troops home from Iraq. In this case, Bruce Riedel, who led the Obama review of the Afghanistan-Pakistan plan, said it deliberately does not have timelines, to ensure flexibility. “We’re not going to impose artificial constraints,” he said.

 

Called it in March, 2009.

 

good thing too!