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Anti-war groups fizzle under Obama
- Thread starter 30ashopper
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Well, if your team hadn't taken their eye off the ball.
But here's one for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present)
On Saturday March 20, 2010, an estimated 10,000 demonstrators marched through downtown Washington D.C. to protest the U.S.-led invasions and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The crowd, stretching about four blocks long, started at Lafayette Square, stopping in front of Halliburton's offices and the Mortgage Bankers Association's building, and ended at the White House. Protesters contrasted the financial funding of the two American wars to the lack of money for health care, job growth, and cash-strapped local governments and school systems. Protest signs included "Healthcare not warfare" and "Drop tuition, not bombs", and marchers shouted:[62]
"Money for jobs and education, not more war and occupation!"
Most people don't march in protest but at least they didn't encourage him like conservatives did Bush!
Kayak Fish
Beach Lover
I have to say I am surprised with how many people are giving Obama any credit in this department with a straight face. I voted for him, but he deserves nothing but scorn in regard to Afghanistan, and as 30A pointed out withdrawal in Iraq was in place before he took over. The international community's complete 180 towards an America with a virtually identical foreign policy is hardly surprising. Nobel Peace prize anyone?
Obama ran with a signal to the military industrial complex "Iraq bad (wink)- we're taking our eye off the ball in Afghanistan!" and he has made good on his implicit promise to them to continue raiding the coffers of the American taxpayer in order to line their pockets. I voted for the guy and am certainly no Republican, but this is reality.
Obama ran with a signal to the military industrial complex "Iraq bad (wink)- we're taking our eye off the ball in Afghanistan!" and he has made good on his implicit promise to them to continue raiding the coffers of the American taxpayer in order to line their pockets. I voted for the guy and am certainly no Republican, but this is reality.
Bob
SoWal Insider
what war? how many us troops were lost this week? this is an occupation dying on the vine.
30ashopper
SoWal Insider
Smiling JOe
SoWal Expert
I think four of those who died last week were Special Ops soldiers based out of Eglin AFB. That Special Ops unit loses many soldiers. In 2011, the Special Ops campus will be completed and we will have one of only three Special Ops bases for the US military in the world. They reportedly lose more troops in battle than any other.
Obama's stump speech was made much of anti-war rhetoric, which I knew was a lie, even then. His ramp up of troops proved it. Nothing other than what I expected, and nothing more than McCain would have done. However, I wish it were different.
Obama's stump speech was made much of anti-war rhetoric, which I knew was a lie, even then. His ramp up of troops proved it. Nothing other than what I expected, and nothing more than McCain would have done. However, I wish it were different.
AndrewG
Beach Fanatic
Diplomacy doesn't work with certain people. The problem is some people think everyone can be reasoned with and lack the ability to recognize when it won't. This inability leads to the largest loss of life. Some Countries may not have liked Bush but they respected him unlike Obama.
AndrewG
Beach Fanatic
I guess Chemical weapons aren't a concern to you. The guy was killing thousands of his own people. You should count your blessings you weren't born there.
AndrewG
Beach Fanatic
Yes, our non-partisan media stopped reporting the deaths after Obama was elected. They know your stupid and if they stop reporting it you'll forget about it or worse think things are going better. The deaths continue to mount...
This was reported 8/3/2010 in the Lakeland Times not to be confused with the unbiased NY Times.
"The count is mounting under the Obama administration. In the 18 months Obama has been president, 557 Americans have died. That compares to 655 U.S. deaths in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Compared another way, an average of 6.8 deaths occurred per month during the Bush years; the monthly average during Obama's tenure is 30.9, more than four times higher.
What's more, the count does not include hundreds of contractor deaths in the country. As Kristina Wong of ABC News reported last week, 521 contractors have been killed, 332 of those in the last year, an increase over the previous year of 175 percent.