tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post6036770170125368314..comments2024-03-29T05:15:40.793-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: A different view of the WikiLeaks bastardsFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-12709098863287480412010-08-02T11:36:28.047-07:002010-08-02T11:36:28.047-07:00Yet, the US is on track for combat troop withdrawa...Yet, the US is on track for combat troop withdrawals in Iraq. Looks to me like Obama is doing about what he said he would do during his campaign, moving out of Iraq and concentrating on the Afghanistan war.Lynette Warrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-61539073360496073132010-08-02T05:09:42.808-07:002010-08-02T05:09:42.808-07:00I don't doubt you've got at least part of ...I don't doubt you've got at least part of it. I think, if he thought he could get away with it, he <i>would</i> cut & run fast as he could; since he can't without bad consequences for his party, his minions will help package it to make the hard-left & progressives less unhappy with him.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-73306227911793463792010-08-01T20:31:49.247-07:002010-08-01T20:31:49.247-07:00It's an interesting theory you have, but it...It's an interesting theory you have, but it's more likely that <i>Time</i> has been informed by the White House that this administration intends to stay in Afghanistan. <br /><br /><i>Time</i> is using the case of Afghan damsels in distress to make Obama's continued and prolonged engagement in Afghanistan more palatable to Obama's ant-war supporters. <br /><br />It's easier for Obama liberals to stick with their guy as long as he is protecting Afghan women from their Taliban persecutors. His war is now being packaged and sold as a humanitarian feminist effort, which resonates better with his liberal core than merely a military effort against terrorists.Lynette Warrennoreply@blogger.com