Some 806 American servicemen and women dead in Afghanistan Since Obama took office- It is time to get grounds troops out of harm’s way

Since Barack Obama became president in January, 2009 there have been some 806 American casualties in Afghanistan compared to the 569 who died during the Bush Administration in that conflict. When the United States entered Afghanistan there were several goals chief among them was to remove the Taliban from power which has been done. Another goal was to defeat and kill Al Qaeda operatives which has been done to a significant extent. There are Al Qaeda sympathizers in Afghanistan: there are probably some in Chicago as well. Another goal was to locate, capture and/or kill Osama Bin Laden. We do not know if Bin Laden is alive or dead but we know that he is not actively causing mischief wherever he lies. Afghanistan is a political and religious mess and is simply NOT a governable nation. It does not make sense for the United States to sacrifice American blood in such an effort that will not and cannot succeed. In any event it was never a stated goal of the United States to build a nation in Afghanistan and if such were the goal it is inconsistent with common sense and the bipartisan foreign policy America has successfully followed since World War II. If there is work to be done in Afghanistan in the realm of the proper goals: that of removing and/or killing Taliban, Al Qaeda operatives and Bin Laden, the United States Air Force can well accomplish those goals while American ground troops are removed to the periphery and out of harms’ way. Barack Obama promised change and decried John McCain as four more years of Bush. In fact, in Afghanistan, it is Obama that represents four more years of Bush while the body count in this unnecessary exercise continues to mount with no end in sight. It is time to either move the ground troops in Afghanistan out of harms way or bring them home. Where is the leadership from Mr. Obama?

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[Democrat]

As of August 2, 4,683 brave Americans have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since the launch of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) on October 7, 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began with the invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003.

So look how many died because of Bush. He is the one who started the war. Of course Republicans are going to blame Obama.

[air jordans]

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