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    U.S. letter to Afghans could pave way for troops to remain

    Such is the case with a proposed letter of assurances from the United States to the people of Afghanistan, which is emerging as a way to overcome remaining hurdles to allowing some U.S. troops to remain in that country post-2014.

    Those assurances include a U.S. commitment for its troops to only enter Afghan homes in "exceptional" circumstances and an expression of U.S. regret for Afghan suffering and the loss of innocent lives.

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai had said he was unable to finalize the agreement without concrete terms for U.S. raids on Afghan homes and an acknowledgment of past U.S. mistakes in the 12-year old war. The longstanding issues for Afghans have lingered as the remaining points of contention holding up a deal.
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    Originally posted by Lanie View Post
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    Old CNN article regarding John McCain's 100 years in Iraq quote
    "He said recently he could see having troops in Iraq for 100 years," Clinton said at an Arlington, Virginia, rally last week in a line she's repeated on the campaign trail. "Well, I want them home within 60 days of my becoming president of the United States."

    Obama took a similar tack.

    "Sen. McCain said the other day that we might be mired for 100 years in Iraq -- which is reason enough not to give him four years in the White House," Obama has said on several occasions.
    Just think, if he would have said Afghanistan, he could have been President, or at least a future Secretary of State.
    We are so fucked.

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    • #3
      So, keeping troops indefinitely in Afghanistan, wanting to bomb Syria...


      Looks like Obama is a war President.
      “I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
      I aim with my eye.

      "I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
      I shoot with my mind.

      "I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
      I kill with my heart.”

      The Gunslinger Creed, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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      • #4
        Originally posted by gary m View Post
        Old CNN article regarding John McCain's 100 years in Iraq quote


        Just think, if he would have said Afghanistan, he could have been President, or at least a future Secretary of State.
        It's different...somehow...it just is, dammit!!...when Obama does it.

        Or so we're constantly told.
        “I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
        I aim with my eye.

        "I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
        I shoot with my mind.

        "I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
        I kill with my heart.”

        The Gunslinger Creed, Stephen King, The Dark Tower

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        • #5
          Obama campaign promises:

          Close Gitmo
          Reduce unemployment
          Get the troops back home
          Kill Osama bin Ladin Check
          Reduce racial tension
          More transparent government


          There were more but I got tired of typing.
          "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."

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