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Re: Obama Interuptus said by JukeBoxHero:This guy is a disgrace to the USA. Change, my ass. In 2009 we lost more soldiers in Afghanistan than in any previous year. » icasualties.org/ If you're going to blame him for a growth in Afghan casualties, you have to credit him for a significant reduction in Iraq casualties.
I think most opponents of President Bush's approach to the war opposed what they felt was squandered resources in Iraq. I think most were FOR fighting in Afghanistan (from whence 9/11 originated).
I think that's where the anti-war protesters make a mistake. They capitalized on the anti-Iraq sentiment during Bush's term, and made it out to be an anti-war (pro-peace) sentiment. Today they complain that there's been no reduction in war. But, I don't believe the public really opposed war, just Iraq.
If that's true, President Obama is following public sentiment. (Although that may be changing as Afghanistan appears to be a corrupt society not worth defending.).
To "Krk's" video, I agree that Obama has amazing abilities to talk around anything. To me, he's an example of how American politics swings from one extreme to another. We had a swaggering cowboy who didn't care what anyone thought. Now we have the consummate deal maker ("can't we all just get along?").
I don't know which is best. Conservatives like to point out how Obama is a lukewarm dishrag. But, it seems to me they should be ecstatic over that. At least he's not a raving far-left liberal like Conservatives warned. He carried on Bush's war (but focused on Afghanistan). He continued Bush's financial bailout program. He retained Bush's financial leaders (Geithner, Bernanke). He's willing to have healthcare reform without a "public option" (which, to liberals, isn't reform). And, he just turned the controversial Nobel prize (which was intended to be a slight against a former President) into a defense of the former President (and more hawkish Americans).
You know he's in the middle when both the far Left is mad at him, and the far Right (who said he was going to be more radical, and he only *appeared* to be moderate).
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