McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Beverly in Chicago — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:33:52 GMT

Pathetic old man he brain cells are diminished .He just has to hear the word "win" and the brain stops functioning.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Rock,Janesville,Wisconsin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:35:54 GMT

The war on terror began, continues, and needs to end quickly in Afganistan. The war on terror was not in Iraq at all. "Insane McCain" is finally putting this very simple logic together. What a joke! Time to move forward America!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Brian Crooks, Naperville, IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:36:10 GMT

Who does he think he is? This is a little bit like the outgoing football coach telling the new guy that maybe a West Coast offense IS the best strategy after all.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

justobserveID — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:36:58 GMT

This could have been over with by now. We took our eye off the ball & lost it in the bright lights. Good luck, Mr. Obama.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Warren from Chicago — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:40:16 GMT

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

CalBearinIllinois — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:40:39 GMT

Now he can define success? That might have helped more back, say, six months ago or so. Of course, his definition of success is pretty much what the President has said several times now, so maybe Joe and John finally got a clue.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Diane from Illinois — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:41:44 GMT

McFossil hears the word "war" and suddenly he wakes up for a few seconds.........sorry, Grandpa, the train already left without you in November.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

What a joke — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:43:19 GMT

Can't wait for next month when McCain gives a press conference saying we ought to be looking into this stem cell thing he's been reading about lately.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Pete - Albany, NY — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:43:49 GMT

Holy crap...did I just agree with John McCain?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

MSierra, SF — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:45:43 GMT

Brian Crooks, Naperville, IL: '...Who does he think he is? This is a little bit like the outgoing football coach telling the new guy that maybe a West Coast offense IS the best strategy after all...'

Brian, McCain is more like the aging 'water boy' than a coach

Why does anyone think McCain knows about foreign policy

He would have FLUNKED OUT of Anapolis if his father and grand father hadn't ben Admirals

Talk about the Peter Principle

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Chris Olbrich, Boise, Idaho — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:45:56 GMT

John, why don't you and Joe Whinerman just shut up and accept the fact that you lost and try and be helpful instead of pretending that you're really the President (don't forget the tax cuts for Cindy).

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

jesse St.Paul Minnesota — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:47:07 GMT

So Bomber, who's daddy saved his a$$ at least two hands full is now an expert on war planning.And he has his Joe' Benadick' Liberman as his back up,two people that couldn't run a kindergarten sleep over are now experts.Of coarse Bomber is a expert at crashing air planes,he said I believe 4 or was it five?One while on tail patrol,wonder who got him out of that one.So to listen to these two mouth movers about war is like a over weight person listening to a counter worker at Mkdee telling how good the chow is for you!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:48:11 GMT

McCain and Palin...
Offered nothing during the campaign, only criticized!
Both are useless, and need to be left alone.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

katiec — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:51:22 GMT

Yea, additional wars can be won just like they were in Iraq. We have no choice with Afghanistan, but we
did with Iraq. If we had put our resources where they
needed to be, perhaps things would be winding down.
Like, who pays any attention to ANYTHING Mccain says?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Eric, Salinas, CA — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:52:09 GMT

Old warmonger McNasty just can't get out of his rut of the same old song and dance. As always he's a day late and millions of dollars short. Yeah now the central front on the war against Al Qaeda is Afghanistan. Too bad old McNasty didn't keep his pal the bushwhacker focused on finishing the job in Afghanistan before going off on that idiotic misadventure in Iraq that has cost us a trillion dollars of wasted expenditures and over 4,000 brave soldiers lives.

In Obama We Trust!
In McNasty We're Busted!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Chris Olbrich, Boise, Idaho — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:53:47 GMT

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Nj — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:54:13 GMT

Mermaid man and Barnicle boy strike again

YIKES

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Rick, NC — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:55:32 GMT

I thought we put the cynical john mccain out to pasture...did he check with joe the plumber on this one? or lindsey graham?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Tommy Ruggratt — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:56:35 GMT

Obama is getting hammered on all fronts now. To continue to distract the mindless libs, I guess he'll be showing up on Nickelodeon next where he'll debated Dora the Explorer.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

eagle1776 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:58:05 GMT

Hopefully we learned in Iraq that fighting a war in that part of the world is different than elsewhere. If we can get tribal chiefs on our side and bribe the right people we can do what we want. That is what we did in Iraq and that is what will need to be done in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Use their culture against them. That is how they defeat each other, after all. Doing this will require fewer forces but the forces that we do employ will be specially trained to deal with tribes and the chieftans and to understand the culture of the region. There will be collateral casualties and casualties of war but they will be diminished as in Iraq once we fight them the way that they fight each other.

I know Zionist Lieberman and war hawk McCain would love to send thousands upon thousands of troops but all we would have is thousands and thousands of corpses. Let's be smart and do it right. Once we got it right in Iraq we started winning and now things are much better there. Let's not make the same mistake in Afghanistan/Pakistan.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

TEC-Spring-Tx — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:58:58 GMT

McCain has 20/20 vision in hindsight, but his forward-looking spectacles are glossed over with gray and black paint. McCain has moral integrity, but lacks moral interpretation. McCain has never been a social pioneer, but has never missed an opportunity to lead from arrears. He is always for something before he was for something.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

War NO more — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:59:09 GMT

Amazing how Mccain is always focused on wars and military spending. He gets excited about the subject. I admire his service to the country but it seems like he is obsessed with it.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Pacheck, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:59:15 GMT

We need to realize life is not about war. Life is about feeding, clothing and providing for your own family. It's also not about promoting democracy. As we now see democracy may not be so hot.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

OBAMA - MAKE WOUNDED SOLDIERS PAY FOR THE OWN CARE! — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:01:30 GMT

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Brenda — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:04:09 GMT

Please just stop printing anything McNuts has to say, from the campaign all the way until now he has waited for Obama to say something then acts like he came up with it. This old geezer just needs to go away to lets say afghanistan and get kidnapped. At least we wouldn't have to hear from him anymore. UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Ben Purser Royal Oak, MI — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:04:22 GMT

Blah blah blah, Mr McCain you are behind the eight ball

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Nashville_fan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:05:57 GMT

I appreciate Senator McCain's support for the President in matters of foreign policy. We need more working together and less working to place blame.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From previous post:

"By the way,I am befuddled by the lack of comment from the Obama worshippers regarding the Dodd amendment, Dodd's doublespeak on how the amendment got re-written to allow the bonuses, (he first said it happened in the House conference committee, then amended that to say that his staff added the language at the uring of the Treasury department), and the hundreds of thousands of dollars Dodd and Obama got from AIG as campaign contributions. The silence is deafening. Do you just ignore inconvenient facts? " -no joe, no bo, nj
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

As Sean Hannity would say, let not your heart be troubled. lol

First, does responding to your post mean that I have to lay claim to the title "Obama worshipper"? Because I "reject and denounce" that title.

Second, you speak of "facts", but so far, all I've heard is Senator Dodd changing his story a lot. I'm still waiting on the "facts"

But assuming things are just the way that Senator Dodd remembers them to be, that Treasury staff encouraged him to water down the amendment, what exactly then should my knee jerk reaction be? Outrage?

I would like to know WHY the amendment was watered down if it was, what was the thinking behind it? Was it done specifically to let AIG give out these bonuses? Somehow I doubt it . . . but I could be wrong.

I seem to remember members of the Republican Party extolling the evils of "class warfare" and "punishing the rich" when the idea of capping executive pay was discussed. Now all of the sudden, the Republican Party represents "the people".

I think that history will show that it is not "the people" that the many of the members of Congress (Democratic and Republican) have been representing . . .

It is the culture of accountability and transparency advocated by President Obama that will go a long way toward changing the expectations in Washington. It's not always pretty, but I prefer knowing what is going on in Washington to the old ways of doing business.

I say let the chips fall where they may - the American people will be better for it.

P.S. I have been on vacation, not on the run from your probing questions! :)

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Rick,Ky — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:09:45 GMT

This war would've been over 7 years ago if Chicken George, Mr. Yellow Streak up his Spine had'nt run from a 6 ft 4 inch Arab.

America did'nt care what Mccain had to say last year, & we Daum sure don't give a Rat's A$$ now !

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Question Mark — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:12:43 GMT

How can there be a war on terror when Obama outlawed the word terrorist????

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Ron Indiana — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:12:44 GMT

Only in his own demented mind is John McCain an expert on foreign policy and war. Our President and his foreign policy team have been analyzing this issue for months now. We would have been on top of this issue if Bush had stayed focused and stayed out of Iraq. Another mess for our President to clean up...only this time it will take some time.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Brian Crooks, Naperville, IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:14:03 GMT

To Warren in Chicago: That was never his plan. Richardson and Kucinich wanted to pull everyone out at once, but President Obama repeatedly said we should be as careful getting out as we were careless going in. He never advocated pulling all troops out the day he entered office. Nice try at revisionist history, though.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

cindy, Las Vegas, Nv — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:24:38 GMT

Nashville fan - I am glad to see you posting again! It's been crazy out there. It's all Obama's fault you know. McShame, Lieberdick, Graham Cracker are all a bunch of idiots. The three muckatears! John McShame could or should take a few lessons from his daughter. She seems to be the only one in the repuke party with any brains!!!!!!!!!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Paul — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:25:02 GMT

Mark, Chuck, Dom

You guys really NEED to hire someone to actually MODERATE this Blog. People are entitled to their own opinions but they have no right to their own 'facts'. Far too often on this blog a commentor will misstate something as if it is a fact, when it demonstrably isn't, and then go off on a rant that is predicated on a falsehood. The MODERATOR SHOULD INTERVENE, call attention to the factual error and restrict that person's posting privileges until they post an apology and retraction of their repetition of an error. Thanks. Hire me, I'd be happy to help you do a better job here of encouraging HONEST DEBATE.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Brian Crooks, Naperville, IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:28:30 GMT

Gee, Question Mark, are you stupid or illiterate? When did he outlaw the word "terrorist"? He's stopped using the term "enemy combatant" because basically that term allows the government to round up anyone they want and hold them indefinitely without trial. He's stopped calling it "the war on terror" because it's not a war on terror. That would be like saying "the war on democracy" or "the war on machine guns" or "the war on DRUGS." You can't wage war against a tactic or an ideology. Our "war" is against specific terrorist cells, namely Al Qaeda, because they hit us on 9/11. We're not going after every person that could be labeled a terrorist, because we would have to start at home with the army invading Alabama and driving tanks through Klan meetings. Have you ever posted anything even a little bit intelligent or accurate?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Chris - IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:28:50 GMT

Q.) How many troops did Obama promise to bring home immediately after he was elected?

A.) All of them

----------------------
Q.) How many troops have come home since he was elected?

A.) None - 0 - actually he has deployed thousands more.

--------------
Obama Bring our troops home now - or your just another lying politician like Bush.

Warren from Chicago (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:40 AM)
____________________________________________________
You are wrong. What Mr Obama promised was that he would bring the troops home within a 16 months of taking office. He also commented many times that he would work with the military to insure it was a resonsible draw down.

As an Obama supporter, I am a little disappointed that he has hedged on this promise and is extending deployment of some troops for a longer period. But I also recognize that it is important to listen and learn. Unlike our previous President, President Obama seems willing to listen, learn, and compromise. That is vital to success and in building a more cohesive nation.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Rogue Nation, Wv — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:29:16 GMT

I see when the GOP leader are the subject the Obama bashers stay at bay...... hummmmm, wonder why????

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Bush, killer of many innocents — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:32:45 GMT

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Dan, WI — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:34:32 GMT

I salute John McCain for his service to America.

Why do we only hear about him when he criticizes someone or some thing? Even his fellow Republicans that work on committees with him have pointed this out.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

GP NW Indiana — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:35:06 GMT

How can there be a war on terror when Obama outlawed the word terrorist????
Question Mark (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:12 AM)
-----------------------------------------------------

Is it physically painful for you to wake up each morning sooo utterly wrong?

He stopped the usage of the word "enemy combatant".
So we can display to the world that we are an honest, law abiding nation of citizens that do not torture.

Something that has been missing for almost a decade.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

OBAMA'S PROPOSAL TO STOP PAYING FOR OUR WOUNDED — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:37:20 GMT

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

SDR, Pikesville, MD — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:43:25 GMT

Question Mark (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:12 AM)

Liar!

The President did not "outlaw" the word terrorist.

You may use it as often as you like. However, Secretary Napolitano has decided that using some words like "terrorist" is not always useful and fails to accurately describe every situation related to our national security.

Got a problem with that?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

ron, phila. pa. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:46:43 GMT

Try as hard as you may, you repubs cannot touch Obama, he out smarts you every time. You can only do one thing at a time, but he thinks three or four moves ahead of you. Sorry !!!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

gepa — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:47:14 GMT

Since when did Mccain and other republicans start caring about saving human lives?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Chris - IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:50:17 GMT

WE BETTER BE CONCERNED THAT OBAMA WILL 'SELL OUT OUR MILITARY' TO GAIN FAVOR WITH HIS ILK.

JUST THIS WEEK HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE OUR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS FROM IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN BE FINACIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CARE & TREATMENT OF BATTLE WOUNDS.

SOUND INSANE? --- ASK THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION!
OBAMA - MAKE WOUNDED SOLDIERS PAY FOR THE OWN CARE! (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:01 AM)
______________________________________________

People really need to do a better job of filtering the Rush Limbaugh rhetoric. Obama's proposal was to bill private insurance companies when veterans had coverage. It is not unlike what happens today with co-insurance.

The other critical piece that you missed is that President Obama talked to veterans and veterans groups and got feedback. Based on that feedback, he has dropped the proposal.

So stop with the fear tactics and republican rhetoric, and learn to speak the truth.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Barbara C. - Fort Lauderdale, FL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:50:19 GMT

McCain can PIVOT??? I'll be damned!!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Jody, Iowa — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:57:47 GMT

If McCain is such an expert on foreign policy, why did he NOT understand that Iraq would be a quagmire and push to keep the focus on Afghanistan. Truth is both McCain and Lieberman were calling for war in Iraq at least two years before 9/11. McCain and his buddy Joe suddenly realize Obama was right the first time before he was even a candidate for president when he said that Iraq would be a blunder. If Bush, Cheney, McCain and the others had not decided Iraq was the center for terrorism, Afghanistan would not be as big an issue today. Another mess left for Pres Obama to fix only this time it is even more complicated because Pakistan is in turmoil. Bush declared victory in Afghanistan and headed to Iraq without finishing the job. Now Obama has to figure out the safest way to get out of both countries without causing collapse in the middle east. Did Bush finish anything he started? No, but he was good at spending trillions of tax payer dollars with nothing to show for it, good at bringing the economy to a halt and making the middle class poorer.

Off topic. Last night some political action group called with a 3-question survey about Sarah Palin; did I have a favorable opinion of her, did I support her policy agenda, should she be re-elected as Gov of Alaska. I assume that because I live in Iowa, they're testing the 2012 presidential waters for her. I doubt they liked my answers.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Nashville_fan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:04:51 GMT

To cindy, Las Vegas, Nv :

It's nice to be missed . . . and your post is so funny and true!

You know the funniest part of all - the critics blame the President, the President ACCEPTS the blame, and they are STILL not happy! lol

Go figure . . .

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Chris - IL — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:05:08 GMT

AFGHANISTAN --- CASUALTIES? ---- EARLY THIS WEEK OBAMA HELD A MEETING IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCUSS MAKING OUR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS RETURNING FROM IRAQ & AFGHANSITAN "FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN MEDICAL CARE" --- A MEETING AND AN OBAMA PROPOSAL WE WOULD NOT KNOW ABOUT IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE OUTRAGE EXPRESSED BY THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, BECAUSE THE LIBERAL MEDIA HUSHED IT UP. ===== THE COMMANDER ALSO SAID THAT OBAMA DISMISSED THE MORAL ISSUE OF A GOVERNMENT NOT PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE & TREATMENT TO PERSONS IT HAD SENT INTO BATTLE. ====

JUST HOW EVIL.MINDED IS OBAMA? ...??? VERY --- HE HATES OUR MILITARY PEOPLE.

OBAMA'S PROPOSAL TO STOP PAYING FOR OUR WOUNDED (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:37 AM)
_______________________________________________
More republican fear and smear tactics. Okay, President Obama put out a proposal that insurance companies be billed for veteran care. He never suggested or implied that the people themselves would be responsible.

Next, let's consider the fact that President Obama recieved feedback from the congressional committee and from veterans and veterans groups, listened to that feedback, then dropped the proposal.

Finally, I didn't see anything in your rant about President Obama requesting the largest VA budget increase in over 30 years. Doesn't sound evil minded to me. But then I don't spend my days listening to the hate spewed forth by hate filled, evil minded people that want Obama to fail, even if it means that our country suffers.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

RC, IOWA — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:10:20 GMT

WE BETTER BE CONCERNED THAT OBAMA WILL 'SELL OUT OUR MILITARY' TO GAIN FAVOR WITH HIS ILK.

JUST THIS WEEK HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE OUR WOUNDED MILITARY HEROS FROM IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN BE FINACIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN CARE & TREATMENT OF BATTLE WOUNDS.

SOUND INSANE? --- ASK THE COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION!
OBAMA - MAKE WOUNDED SOLDIERS PAY FOR THE OWN CARE!

The above statement is totally incorrect and misleading. The Obama administration only considered having those Veterans who are fortunate enough to have private/other health insurance or Medicare pay, for their medical/health care first. NOT out of the pockets of disabled/wounded Veterans! I am a disabled Vietnam Vet who receives annual checkups/other medical care (as needed) at my local VA. I am required to report all other health care coverage I have (Medicare and private health coverage after retirement) to the VA. They then bill them first for my health/medicare care expenses (to save their limited budget funds) and then the VA picks up any remaining charges (if any). The expenses of those disabled Veterans with war wounds that have no other health insurance are covered by the VA.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Dee — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:12:37 GMT

Tell the Russians that winning strategy John!

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Midge Baker, Prescott, AZ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:16:48 GMT

"Success -- a stable, secure, self-governing Afghanistan that is not a terrorist sanctuary -- can be achieved..."

But by conversative military leadership estimates will require at least 600,000 troops in both Afghaniztan AND Pakistan (where Al Queda now is), at a cost of about $1 TRILLION dollars per year for at least 15 MORE years.

This is the only kind of "earmark" John McCain is interested in - more and more money for his war-mongering. Do you suppose he is still out looking for the "gooks" who tortured him? Hint, Senator: That was Viet Nam, and that's been over with for a long, long time. Get over it.

In this parlous economy, we US taxpayers haven't the resources or the will to "save the world for Democracy". We're too busy trying to save our jobs, homes, investments, and dreams for our children. We should get out of both Afghanisstan and Iraq and let those people run their own countries in their own way. How would we feel if they can over here and tried to tell us how to run ours? It's our years of interference over there that has angered them into attacking us in the first place.

Bring the troops home, use them to secure our own borders. Use some of that money to beef up our Homeland Security and computer security. Let the CIA take care of getting intelligence reports from that area of the world, so we have advance warning of impending threats.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

no joe, no bo, nj — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:33:42 GMT

Chris, in Illinois, (and others who defended Obama's proposal to have returning, combat-wounded veterans pay for their own treatment)-

if these military men and women have their treatment paid by their own health insurance, where, exactly, do you think that money comes from?

A few years ago, my children were in a car accident, and the INSURANCE COMPANY notified me on three separate occasions that my daughter could sue my son for her injuries. When I stated that, in my family, siblings didn't sue each other, I was told that my son wouldn't hae to pay, they, as the insurer would.

I asked them is Moses was the chairman of the company, you know, manna from heaven, because if that was the case, why was my premium so high?

Of course, IF I had gone along with it, and IF I had allowed them to give over the money, they would have gotten the money from ME, eventually.

So, yes, O bama proposed having these men and women pay for their own treatment-through premium increases rather than direct payments to the hospitals and doctors.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Bob, Shelby, NC — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:36:21 GMT

I agree with John McCain, the war in Afghanistan can be won, but the real question should be how. Approaching it as conventional warfare, bringing in hundreds of thousands of troops, doing a surge, setting up a safe zone, and pseudo security will only leave us with an Afghanistan situation similar to what we have in Iraq.....very unstable,and Bin Laden and his gang will be somewhere else by then anyway.
Our real enemy doesn't have a country as its home. They are spread out all over the globe. We need to regroup and really consider the best way to fight this war. Waisting more valuable resources will only lead our country deeper into poverty. The enemy can hide and hold out for another 10 years. And if you don't believe me ask the Russians. It will also be impossible to get our Allies and NATO to whole-heartedly invest in such a fiasco. This is a sucker punch from Al Qaeda. The enemy want us in Afghanistan, fully equipped, tanks, planes, complete...and dishing out 12 billion dollars a month.
That brings me back to my question....How do you fight an invisible enemy? I think first you have to also become invisible. Bring the troops home and take the war to the eneny undercover. Then we can win, and at a fraction of the cost.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Ted, Mid Michigan. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:42:27 GMT

Q.) How many troops have come home since he was elected?

A.) None - 0 - actually he has deployed thousands more.

--------------
Obama Bring our troops home now - or your just another lying politician like Bush.

Warren from Chicago (Sent Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:40 AM)

------------------------------------------------------
Obama promised to have the troops home in 16 months (your LIV is showing.)

In addition, Obama stated so many times it makes me sick, that he would be "As responsible bringing them home as we were reckless sending them in"

Seriously, Open a newspaper.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

GW, Vancouver, Canada — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:45:52 GMT

will somebody tell this old fool that nobody cares what he thinks and says, that is except the media, who give every utterance and tweet overblown attention. Why didn't he say something before? He basically has 3 things in his arsenal, more tax cuts, no earmarks and bomb whomever.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

John Bohlman in Wis. — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:46:05 GMT

I'm as outraged as everyone else, but to put this in context, how many minutes would the war in Iraq take to consume 165M ?
I've been against this war of choice from the beginning, and totally outraged that we took our eye off the ball!
The republicans now have a talking point, and will beat it to death, kind of a distraction to the larger issue the economy, 165M, or 1.6T, should we be talking about the one inch hole in the boat, or the 5 foot hole in the boat?
To all the rightys out there, we get it, you hate Obama, and just want him to fail, look stupid, etc....
Obama could be compared to an umpire, or referee who calls them as he sees them, some people like the calls,and some people hate the calls, and he will get a few wrong, but does anyone think that we could play baseball, or football without these guys?
I know we want to solve the problems, and I believe he's trying to, but do you think anyone would have this maze solved by now?
Obama could have laid the blame elsewhere, but took the ultimate blame by saying the buck stops here, he also said this would not be easy, and mistakes would be made, well here's a mistake, better not to make them of course, but we're all human.
I think we need more patience here, we have all acted out of anger at some point in our lives, and when I think how some of my worst decisions have been made when I was angry....just my 2 cents

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

D.Casey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:12:48 GMT

I'm sure McCain would rather focus on something (anything) other than CEOs and bonuses, given that his top economic advisor during his campaign was John Thain -- remember him? CEO at Merrill Lynch, spent 2-3 million on redecorating his office just before they went bust and took a bailout? Oh... and are now about to pay out HUGE bonuses?

Even WAR sounds better than trying to defend THAT.

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

D.Casey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:15:55 GMT

@Brian Crooks -- love reading your posts... keep up the good work! Someone has to point out the audacious attempts to rewrite history...

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Diane from Illinois — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:40:06 GMT

So, yes, O bama proposed having these men and women pay for their own treatment-through premium increases rather than direct payments to the hospitals and doctors.
no joe, no bo, nj
============
You are so full of it it's coming out your ears! The President said from the very beginning that ALL options were open; they would look at everything and evaluate it. He HAS looked into this issue and decided it WASN'T in the best interest of our veterans to do this; therefore they will NOT be paying for their care with their own insurance. Do you just spread lies because you LIKE to or do just not let FACTS get in the way of a good story?

McCain pivots to Afghanistan

Marlene, Grand Blanc, MI — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:35:31 GMT

I want to congradulate the Rachel Maddow show, for the excellent guests she has to discuss the Iraq/Afghanistan issues. Even while they all present their thoughts and solutions, I think we should just GET OUT! This is a global community issue, let's get out until there is a global community plan for solving the problem. The American people can not afford to be the leader for the next 16 years and build this country, so they can defend themselves. Marlene in Mich