President Obama:"I am not opposed to all wars,I am opposed to a dumb war."Comments were made while still the junior senator from Illinois in 2003 the led up to the Iraqi war.
The war in Afghanistan is now President Obama war,and it should be noted that no foreign country has ever subdued or won in Afghanistan.At the height of the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980's they at one time had over 100,000 troops in the country,and eventually withdrew.President Obama strategy which now includes nation building along with political stabilization just might turn out better than most think.However it's probably going to take a few years and will the American people have the patience? The anti-war crowd in the U.S.thinks we should pull all troops out of both Iraqi and Afghanistan like yesterday.One interesting thing to take note of.Prior to President Obama visiting Russia the Russians consented to allow the U.S.to to use it's air space to transport soldiers and materials since the Afghanistan war started in 2001.At this time the situation is more questions than answers.
T.L.Warren
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