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And what would Mc Cain have to offer. The same mess than Iraq? This one will be a little bit more than that. Its time to stop adding fuel to the fire and get out of there. And please anyone again mentionning success in Afghanistan is in a state of delusion.
And those are the same people crying about the budget when it comes to health care? A bunch of dangerous jokers who should not be given any power at all.

My son is in the military. I do not want him going back without adequate support. Either get in there and do the job – or bring them all home and leave the place to the fanatics – who will eventually come visit us again like they did on Sept 11th!!
Really, Obama is nothing but a celebrity seeking wannabe. How can he have time to even read the reports coming from the General when he's on every stinking talk show trying to ram socialist healthcare down our throats.
Beware, if the govt controls our health, there's really nothing left out of their control. When is enough of this guy and his koolaid regime enough?
When we vote them out. Next time you go to the polls vote for someone new. Anyone. Vote your party. or not. Just vote new!

didn't bush get excoriated because people THOUGHT that MAYBE he was supressing requests from his generals for more troops? and here's Chairman O blithely and blatantly doing what bush was hammered for maybe possibly doing? unbelievable. another example of the blatant press infatuation with the big BO.

Jack in Florida September 22nd, 2009 4:17 pm ET
No one is listening John……….time to retire
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Jack, it's not true. Even though half of my family members voted for
Obama, nowadays all my family members are seriously listening John McCain's advice from his experiences rather than Obama's speech from without experiences action. There is no word
'VICTORY" or 'STRATIGIES" in Obama's brain.
We hope that Obama and the WH seriously forcus on the War with the Gen. McCrystal rather than OBAMACARE.

As with most decisions facing Obama, he has no clue. He is simply biding time, as others make decisions for him, so he can then announce what course he will take on anything.

John McCain once again demonstrates poor judgment and a lack of understanding– the WH is not the source of the disconnect. Who leaked this report? Not Obama– it was somebody in the Pentagon– somebody who is probably worried that the administration is listening to the public, who has lost enthusiasm for this endless war. The generals are trying to force Obama's hand– and Obama had exactly the correct response– send the Sec. of State out to pour cold water all over them.

Here is one thing the Liberal Press and the left wing radicals will NEVER admit or ALLOW In a conversation.

FACT: Bush protected us for EIGHT years after most were SURE it would be a matter of months before we were attacked again. FUNNY how the answer to Bush keeping us safe is HATRED from the left. So here is my question to you: Let us just see HOW long Obama can keep us safe??

Get back to me in four or Yikes! Eight years.

McCain is seriously out of touch with the realities of leadership in our nation today. He is living in a bygone era. President Obama and his administrative are totally in control of military leadership and military-national defense decisions, as well as accountability to the people of the United States, rather than to the media, the only party to which McCain is accountable.

Soooo, can we blast the GOP for its disconnect from fact-based reality?

The POTUS' disconnect with troop strength and strategy could be another reason he intends to make US Service members pay for their own health care, apparently a fact he doesn't want anyone to question.

I wish we would just pull out and go home. I think that the President only have two options to the increase troop levels that Gen. McCrystal recommended:

1) Provide the additional troops, but he cannot do this on his own, it must be approved by congress.

2) Keep the levels as they are and change the mission to go along with current troop levels.

Just because a military leader suggest or recommend a certain action, does not make it the only option. The President have to make a decision but not just on how many troops will be Afghanistan but what is the role of those troops in Afghanistan.

I think McCain did not "hear" what the President said. He said he wanted to see what was going on with the disputed elections in that country first. Hum, perhaps that means he is connected and understands that because of the electoral problems, more troops would mean more of our sons and daughters would die in vain.

To the posted who said the President promised to bring home the troops during the election, let me correct you. He said troops in Iraq, and if you will go back and check, he did. He left only small group of them there as a stableizing factor. Come on people, in 8 months, the man had tried to keep his word, be concern about all of us. Wow, is that bad? McCain is so out of touch with reality that he really should resign.

I listened to an excellent interview done by Nat'l Public Radio with Secretary of State Clinton yesterday. The interviewer pressed her hard and repeatedly on this report. She handled it and herself extremely well One key point she made over and over is that the military aspect of the struggle in Afghanistan is only ONE aspect of the complete strategy that must be developed to achieve the US's goals. The Obama administration is going to go at this slowly and steadily, looking at the entire situation. I'm afraid that Mr. McCain's view is typically narrow; we all recall his ingenious strategy for dealing with Iran...namely, bomb bomb Iran. It ain't that simple, John.

2972 people died in the WTC attacks in 2001. Over 5000 American have died since in our "revenge" war and nealy 100,000 total peopl ehave died on all sides from all countries.
We have spent Trillions of dollars and never really went after the people that caused the attack and Obama is disconnected?
Republicans scream we haven't had an attack on this soil since 2001 and say that is because of the past administrations policy.( they don;t need to kill us here- we went to them!)
We only had one attack during the Clinton administration but his response did not cost us trillions and kill ten of thousands more.
Whose disconnected?
How do these poeple say these things with a straight face?

Hey all anti war responses just a reminder. You say your against war and your right war isnt fun but, on september 11th afghanistan attacked our country and im for hunting down who did it and bring justice to them. So you go to youtube and watch the collapse of the twin towers and the tragedy that happened.

I think the terrorists are the bad guys people. Listen to yourselves!

The war in Afghanistan is not wanted it is needed! Anyone who thinks diffently and challenges those who risk their lives fighting for their country and battling with those in Washington over these issues need to re educate themselves.

In the discussion on NPR this morning on this subject and the General's recommendations took me back to the Viet Nam discussions in 1963 and 1963. Same situation – same kind of war – same approach from the military. Send more troops!. The president is right to question the strategy. McCain needs to get behind the president and not be a blind supporter of every request by the military.

Does this guy read these comments? Gosh I hope so .

This is the same guy last week who got on Obama for taking the Joint Chief of Staffs recommendation to discontinue the missile defense system which didn't work. I am sick and tried of Republicans taking the opposite of Obama when they contradict themselves on every issue. Guess he needed to be heard given he wasn't at the recent event which had all the Republican big shots. Given me a break!!!

If McCain is so interested in a successful Afghanistan strategy, where was he when Bush and Cheney were pre-occupied with Iraq at the expense of capturing Bin Laden?

I used to respect McCain, but last year's campaign and his actions since have proven him to be partisan and mean-spirited, determined to tear down the President of The United States.

Just like the rest of his treasonous, self-serving, corporate-owned party.

For once I agree with McCaine.

There is reason why McCain is not president.

A two-star General gives his assessment to his Commander, a four-star General, who hands it up, thru the Joint Chiefs, to the Commander in Chief, the POTUS. How this has all become daily news for each and every soldier wannabe to evaluate and pass judgement about is crazy. McCain was a US Navy fighter pilot, a brave and courageous one at that, and is no more qualified to approve or disapprove than is any other "Common Soldier" that has served his country. It is NOT his call, and he knows it.

Whoever leaked this "story" of McCrystals assessment, should be fired if he is a civilian, and reprimanded at the least if he is a soldier. We need to get the newsboy out of the war room !

I was an AF Intelligence officer in Korea! Obviously, we have learned nothing about warfare since Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and now Afghanistan!

Have we forgotten that Russia had to leave the country with their tail between their legs? What makes us think that we can fight a war without killing, diplomacy without objectives, and bomb strikes without killing people? Nope, Guess history is repeating itself again!

Old guy trying to do a young mans job!!

Neo-Cons or Democrats, Right Wing Nuts or Socialists? Methinks we needed more choices. One is just as bad as the other only in completely different areas and when you combine the inept bunch of corrupt leaders(?) we are really screwed.

What an old coot McCain is. He's disgruntled, old and totally out-of-touch. Give it up old man.

o_O uh aren't we following the advice of generals on the ground? Bush on the other hand deleted generals on the ground that didn't agree with him.

Idiocy. Obama just received additional reports from Gates and others AFTER the report from McChrystal. Obama's job is not to answer the opinion of just ONE military commander saying "I wantz mo' troopz!!!" with a thoughtless "ok, you can haz mo' troopz!!!" If he did that, the same people claiming right now that he's dragging his feet would instead be claiming that he sends our young ones off to die willy-nilly (like someone else I won't mention). This is political wrangling at its worst. The issue is whether to send our soldiers into this kind of danger. You don't jump on a position based the opinion of ONE military leader. These idiots do that and then dig in their heels because they don't want to lose face even when additional opinions and evidence come out indicating their initial position was wrong. That's not how we should protect our interests or make appropriate decisions about whether our soldiers get put in harm's way.

We all remember how McCain supported Bush's foray into Iraq. So McCain's military acumen is pretty easy to discern, n'est-ce pas?

Mr. Bomb bomb bomb Iran speaks. Just think if he were president now we would be at war with Iran, and North Korea too way to go Maverick.

I believe the statement was that he wanted to review the plan before he does anything. Isn't it refreshing to have an actual thinker in the White House.

What a loser. Thank God he was not our President. We'd be at war with Iran by now.

McCain has been "disconnected" for years!!!!

Both the Republicans, and the Democrats care only for them selves. Obama doesn't care about the troops, neither did Bush. Even though I hate McCain, but atleast he would have taken care of our young troops. As for Obama not wanting the Gen. advice, thats retarded. Shouldn't the Generals be running the war, not Congress.

For some reason McCain still thinks America's royalty. All he does is complain.

Ever notice...McCain is always "blasting" about something?!! He's a chronic complainer.

Just be quiet war mongering boy Mccain. Just shut up! What is need is a total reversal of dimwit W's war mongering. LEAVE Iraq and Afghanistan now. Yesterday was not soon enough. Just leave. Come home, open a REAL investigation into 9/11, hand the culprits, and be done with this silly
endless war nonsense. Enough is enough.

WOW!! I actually read a couple comments NOT from Obama worshippers!! Yikes, CNN blog approvers must be "drinking the koolaid" or out to lunch. Be carefull guys CNN will fire you if you don;t ONLY post PRO Obama comments.

Remember this guy singing about bombing Iran. All he knows is fighting.

I'm sure glad most Americans voted NOT for McCain.

When wil he get the hint.

I am 100% against war. Obama got elected because he said he was bringing the troops home. But if Obama isn't going to bring our them home, then he needs to make sure the folks there have plenty of support. Why doesn't he want to listen to the man HE put in to give him advice? Leave out the politics when you're dealing with the lives of our people. I can't stand how these politicians continue to handle the lives of the men and women serving our country so cavalierly. First Bush NOW Obama.

Glenn Beck says your worse than Obama McCain. So stick that in your pie hole

Here's a person who came out with a "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran" comment and who was almost last in his class at the Naval Academy – and now he thinks that he is a military advisor. President Obama, unlike the last Administration who "rushed to judgement" on Iraq instead of finishing the more important job in Afghanistan including capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden – is going outside of the military and asking other experts to help (with military input) put together a plan that will succeed. If Afghanistan didn't take a "back seat" to Iraq, we would not be talking about this subject right now!

One more thing..........

This is for all the GOPers who may doubt that Reagan helped create the Taliban:

" These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers." – President Ronald Reagan, said while introducing the Mujahideen, who were visiting the White House to the press. This quote is from 1985.

Why did the U.S. train, support & arm the Mujahideen? Because they were fighting our enemies the Soviets! Now we are reaping what we sowed.

GET US OUT OF AFGHANISTAN, BRING OUR TROOPS HOME!

Let's face it. For the next four years we do NOT have a Commander in Chief, we have another spineless "Jimmie Carter" like appeaser. AMercians have a short memory and the ramificationsof this very weak president will unfortunately , most likely, severly rattle those memories.

we should put as many troops in Afghanistan as possible and go after after the leadership of Al Queda, whether they be in Pakistan or running with the Taliban. Afterwards pull everyone out and bring them home.

Forget about the nonsense of bring democracy to the world. It won't work in Iraq once we leave and won't work in Afghanistan. The have to forge their own way.

o.k. Lets give Obama a break , after all his learning curve must be
almost perpendicular in this area of Commander ansd Chief.
Perhaps if he listens to his own mund instead of all the
Democratic Doves he may come up with something workable.

I think obummer is finding out being president is more than a constant campaign. You actually have to make a decision once and a while.
That is why he is struggling, he's never made one.

Secondly, you have to take ownership somewhere along the line. that's what great leaders do. obummer just continues to blame others.

Sometime in the next 4 years he will have to make a decision and have to be the president, not just on the campaign trail. But then again, the koolaide drinkers might not care.

Sort of like Bush with the NIE reommendations ...

Senator McCain can comment all he wants – no one is listening. The President is doing what he should do, listening before acting. Something the GOP should learn to do! The Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as Robert Gates are saying one thing and McCrystal another. Best listen to all sides before jumping in and get it right rather than follow the example set by Dubbya. Besides, where are you going to get the increase in troops? Asking those you are on their 4-5 tour and in Iraq?
Senator McCain showed his judgement by choosing Sarah Palin – enough said!

Yes, please shut-up Mr. McCain. Obama doesn't need advice from military officers concerning war. His law education and teaching experience is much more useful in war desicions and leadership than actual war training and experience.

The liberal analysis is an amazing trainwreck of logic.

Taliban and Al Qaeda have and likely will have for a long time a steady flow of recruits. Between religion, poverty and not much industry in that part of the world there are many young men looking for a purpose. We can surge the troops and get ahead of the curve for a moment but we can't keep up the surge forever.

What is the end game we can expect to achieve. Any surge we do is only a temporary fix.

Give the president time to reevaluate the long term strategy. There is no simple answer here.

WAR WAR!!! That's the solution to everything in a GOP's PEA BRAIN!!!

For the past several, critics of the Iraq War (especially Obama and Biden) have unequivalently said George W Bush went to the wrong and risked US security by diverging resource from Afghanistan to Iraq . Afghanistan is the good war. It is the war of necessity. It is where US security is about. Well, this may be very true, but if this is true, then there is no reason not to fight hard in Afghanistan, is there? If it is not true, then these critics must have been lying all along. Their actions do not match their words. If Afganistan is essential, then let's fight. If it is not, then stop saying it is the good war and war of necessity. You cannot have it both ways.

This is the future of our country. I don't care if you believe in this war or not, but at least be consistent about it. At least, when Bush said Iraq is essential to US security, he acts as if he really believe it. Obama said Afgahistan is more important, but he iappears to be putting it on the back burner.

Mr. McCain, if you'd only go back to your pre 2000 ways of for the people and not for a party, I could vote for you.

For those of you that criticize him for criticizing Obama and his ignoring his commanders needs, you're wrong. The president will not win this war by putting forth is ideologies. He has to listen to his commanders or face losing. Remember we are fighting the people who attacked us. This war is not Iraq. Iraq was not a threat. Have no doubt, this is a very different war for very different purposes. Don't delude yourselves into thinking otherwise.

Obama dawdles and meanwhile Soldiers die.

I wonder just what the old geezer would do. or Sarah for that matter? It's nice to sit on the sidelines and whine about things without having to make the decisions.

You may not want Obama answering the call at 2am, but I certainly don't want Palin in the room with THE PHONE.

Odd, where was this comment when bush was in office? Why were we in a war with Iraq anyway? Who authorized that war? Oh Mr. McCain huh.

Really, John lost relevents last year around August. He contributes nothing and if he wasn't a Senator, what could he possibly do?

I do find his comments about anything funny though.

Thank God this warmonger is not in the White House. War seems to be his specialty and we have had enough with 8 years of George W. I still remember when McCain echoed George W by saying that "the underpinnings of the economy are strong" about a week before the markets collapsed. Then there are those who say that war is good for the economy...

Good riddance to these old fools.

With regard to McCains comment on the disconnect between the White House and the military, there was one noteworthy example in the past. It was when Truman sacked a very outspoken General.

One thing is certain, Obama is perhaps the most unqualified politician ever to serve as Commander in Chief. How can one make sound military decisions when one has never served in the military? Perhaps military service should be a requirement to be the President.

Thanks to Ronald Reagan, whose administration trained and armed the Mujahideen, we have the Taliban!

We are NOT going to win the war in Afghanistan, its not possible. We have MORE Troops there today, than when Bush was president, and still we are not gaining ground.

President Obama HANDPICKED Gen. McCrystal, he choose this general to help him with the Bush war he inherited.

We have been at war for EIGHT years, longer than WWI & WWII. We have paid dearly, our nation is bankrupt!

Its time to consider other options. The last poll showed that.......... 64%.... of Americans DO NOT SUPPORT THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN!

President Obama END THIS SENSELESS WAR, PLEASE!

Obama:

- more trrops in Afghanistan
- troops left in Iraq to guard the oil
- assassinations in other countries
- terrorists still operating in the US – they didn't get the love memo

Obama – a War President

Old Man McLame will be back with a new complaint, as soon as he GETS THOSE KIDS OFF HIS LAWN!!!!!!

Wow, at least John Kerry had the decency to fade into the background after he lost (by a smaller margin) in 2004. Word to McCain: the country spoke loud and clear back in November and you LOST. Shut up and go away.

A strong backbone should be flexible.

Unlike Republicans, Democrats actually like to think before they act. Didn't the GOP learn anything from Iraq? We were lied to and mislead.

Remember McCain's "suspension" of his presidential run during the economic collapse. This is how they lead – they react instead of act.

I applaud Obama's measured and deliberate approach. It may take a little more time, but it is certainly more effective. For example, the GOP rush into Afghanistan has gotten us where? Eight years later and we are actually worse off.

The GOP left the world (and our own country) in a mess. They have no right to critisize the ones cleaning it up. Don't they even realize THEY are the owns who made all the problems.

what business do we have in Iraq or Afgan, and who led us there

During the Bush administration that type of rhetoric coming out of the Democratic party would have been considered as giving aid and comfort to the enemy and phones and email would have been monitored. Interesting as the Repugs amp up the criticism of the President, Al-Qaida gets bolder and bolder. Thanks again for keeping America safe, you know, just like you were doing when the towers and Pentagon were attacked nine months after you took office.

After this bozo picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, how could anyone take him seriously...Even Glenn Beck knows that we would be in deep deep crap if this guy wetre ever elected...He's just plain stupid.

Obama has had 8 months to plan a strategy. The strategy for WWII was determined in less time. Why ihas he sat on the report for weeks now, taking a vacation while troops are dying? There are only 3 ways to go: surrender and pull out (and have Al Queda back in a week), keep doing what we are doing (and have troops dying without a chance to win), increase troops like the general on the ground has asked and have a chance to win. If we're not fighting to win, why are we fighting? Make a decision Barry!! You can't vote 'present' this time!

i am obama supporter for change on some factors but i don't trust him on fight against terror,

Just another way to point out that Obama cannot make the tough decisions. He likes to talk alot,but there has been no action on anything.

IF the White House wasn't run by the farest left part of the democratic party it would not be a problem. But since the far left wing of the White House/DNC seems to despise the military I am sure it is proving harmful to communication. What did you expect?

McCain, now is not the time to start another (long, boring, meaningless, annoying) complaint.

So we have a President that thinks before he decides vs. Bush who ran misinformed into IRAQ. Pretty much a no brainier.

With all due respect, Senator McCain, I believe you are the "disconnected" one. Our troops are not a "dime a dozen" to be sent off on a GOP whim. Obama is correct to use brainpower instead.

Christian Values–yeah. Republicans have no idea about war. Eisenhower was completely incompotent...oh wait. Wasn't it Lyndon Johnson who escalated Vietnam? Wasn't it Nixon who ended it? Please learn some history before spouting off against Republicans

hey Johnny Mac........you got your tail kicked by Obama....you lost.....be a gracious loser.......and please shut up.

Obama has a disconnect with creating jobs, creating jobs, creating jobs.

What do you expect when you have a weak teleprompter reader with no backbone that wouldn't know how to lead a two car funeral. Sad thing is that we as Americans, if we love what this country has been for the last 230 years, have to fight against this assault on our country by Obama over the next 13 months before the next election or we are going to lose our country to Marxism, Imperialism and Socialism. Our children will wonder why we didn't fight for their freedom and liberty that this idiot wants to take from us.

Since Obama is driving the car of this country, he wants to drive our way of life off the road and over the cliff into a miserable world of union strength, high taxes and huge government. We HAVE to fight this assualt on our way of life.

Thank God for the Tea Party movement!!!!

No McSatin he wants a strategy BEFORE he commits someones life to war. Obama said, if you were listening, that he is responsible for the men and women he sends to war. He wants a plan! Not just a war! Open your ears...

Gotta love how all the liberals are ragging on McCain but offering no ideas to Obama. Or is your proposal to do nothing more in Afghanstan? And if that is your idea, then why did you vote for Obama who said he wanted to focus on Afghanistan? Would you people like Al-Qaeda to set itself up again? Because it is doing that already. I hope it isn't your family who is hurt by a terror attack because we decided to run away and not finish the job.

No one listened to him last November, and it's a sure thing no one cares what he says now.

He gambled on that idiot Palin and lost because of it.

Just go away, John. Please.

Dont trash people like McCain. We need a few Bush, McCain and Cheney to save America every now and then. It works in pendulum. It's good to let the DOGS out sometimes.

They have been out there for too long. The dogs need to be caged. Thank God Obie won! It's good to recycle parties.

"McCain blasts 'disconnect' between WH and military leaders" as opposed to the disconnect between McCain and the the republicans with the economy....

You want to know something? I really couldn't give a rat's butt what John McCain has to say any more. He's just an aging senator from AZ who is up for re-election in 2010 and needs news coverage.

I don't like to speak negatively about our president in public view. It makes us look weak in front of other countries. However, when it comes to our troops, regardless of whether one supports the war or not, our troops are there because they have to be. For little money, bad food, and hard work, they deserve everything our country can offer them. We spent millions on a failed car industry. We are wasting millions on a heath care reform that hasn't even made it to the floor for vote yet. Obama wants to evaluate the troop surge. Not a sound decision. His inexperience shows. I feel sorry for those who are serving under this liberal government. God speed to our troops

The General absolutely should hand in his resignation effective immediately!!! Obviously he does not have the support and/or confidence of the civilian leadership.

McPhony we did not vote for you or your opinion

Hey McCain!~ Go shake your fist at a cloud!

Its not time to think president Obama its time to defeat Osama, the recession effects the suicider, the prize from 10 000 rupees down to 5000 rupees Al-quida and there allies are soon goina run out of money lets beat them every corner we can

Hillary was right.............we don't want Obama answering that call at 2am.

I was wandering when "The Maverick" was going to chime in. Someone must have just woke him from his nap....
John McCain, everyone knows you are the expert on WAR...blah, blah, blah.
What's funny is that war is the only thing you know....John go back to sleep!

Over 15% of the Stimulus money has already been spent.

Over 15% of the Stimulus money has already been "committed"... which allows State and Local Governments to hire private firms and people...

... to build and improve roads and bridges

... hire and train firefighters, police, and teachers.

That's 30% of the Stimulus money, not 4%.

And I've never seen anyone so disconnected from reality. When will this senile old idiot accept the fact that he will never be president and nothing he has to say is really very relevant anymore. I don't like Obama but McCain would have been infinitley worse. Johnny needs to go away and like off his wifes money and leave the rest of us alone.

Senator Mc Cain, care to read about the USSR's disaster in Afghanistan? You'd better as it was their Vietnam. I've been told by a very wise Pakistani that no foreigh force will ever be able to root out the "Taliban" or "Al-Queda" unless the local populace supports such a move. The terrain gives them ample places to hide and pick off foreign troops like a clay pigeon shoot.

Have we simply moved an impossible war from Iraq to Afghanistan? How about some answers.

McCain apparently doesn't remember the complete disconnect between the Bush White House which abandoned American troops in Iraq with inadequate numbers and equipment and completely ignored commanders' constant requests for more troops for three years. And after watching McCain prove how tranquil Baghdad had supposedly become by 2007 by visiting a market guarded by 100 infantry backed by 10 Stryker armored vehicles with Blackhawk air support, I really don't need to hear his opinion on disconnects with reality.

As we found out in Vietnam, whenever a republican speaks, a soldier is killed. IN Vietnam they kept asking for more soldiers as well. Mr. McCain, since you were there, how did that work out?

The first thing we need to do is find a republican and listen to their strategy....then cross it off the list of what needs to be done. We know by fact and history, Republicans have NO CLUE about war.

ps: McCain, have you ratted any of our soldiers positions and strategies out like you did in Vietnam? You're nothing but a turn coat coward. Atleast Cheney had the honesty to admit he was a worthless coward and run from the draft five times.

So we're now going to turn Afghanistan into another neocon adventure in nation building. Because all those people want to be just like John McCain and George Bush and Karl Rove, right?

And we care what McCain has to say for what reason??? If I cared I'd have voted for him. Imagine how whiney he'd be if he were president and somebody was knocking him.

Honestly, I can't even comment on McCain sayng anything about the war in Afghanistan. If he had made it to the Whitehouse, Sarah would be working the war because McCain would be suspending his duties.

John McCain meet John McCain:

McCain 2009 = Obama was right when he said last year that “You don’t muddle through the central front on terror . . . You don’t muddle through stamping out the Taliban.”

McCain in Nov. 2003 = McCain stressed that Iraq was the more important effort, but that he thought that we would be able to “muddle through”:

""MCCAIN: I am concerned about it, but I’m not as concerned as I am about Iraq today — obviously, or I’d be talking about Afghanistan — but I believe that if Karzai can make the progress that he is making, that in the long term we may muddle through in Afghanistan.""

McCain has turned from the top GOP Candidate to the Chief Winer from the Right. You lost and now your turning into the biggest winer on the political front. Thought you might turn into a statesmen but those days are gone. Enjoy your wining title!

"Sen. John McCain questioned the Obama administration's approach in Afghanistan Tuesday, saying he has never seen such a "disconnect" between the White House and leaders of the U.S. military."

Greater than the disconnect between Bush and military leaders when pursuing the unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq? Oh right, Bush fired or re-assigned all the generals that disagreed with him. Maybe Obama should adopt that strategy.

yes, the military is not the government and.....there are twice as many of our soldiers in afghanistan now as they were last year. think everyone needs to take a deep breath and let the administration access all options.

Senator McCain, I want to bring your attention to the obvious disconnect with not only the voting public (thanks for Palin!), but your obvioulsy infrequent visits to the planet we like to call Earth... Nanu, nanu!

Maybe they can get the President's voicemail, he's busy with the Palestinians, announcing that the 4% of the stimulus money spent has saved the economy (while ignoring 40+ states reporting more job losses), and telling Europe they're behind on environmental restrictions on industry.

I wonder how much the Taliban will demand for reparations after the surrender?

I'm glad to see Obama quesiton the standard routine and norms in the military. Someone needed to! Maybe McCain wants to send his foreign policy expert McPalin to handle the job.

Bring the soldiers home this is not cut and ran! nothing we can get from Afghanistan except popeye!. Let them solve their internal problems first! remember even Nato is there we are not the only one!

If John McCain would have pulled this crap three years ago, Sean Hannity would have called anyone speaking against President Bush unamerican, a criminal, and a terrorist.

Now that Obama is in the White House, some liberals have started admitting that their previous support for the U.S. efforts in Afghanistan was just a political ploy... in essence, the Left cannot be trusted in matters of national security, because they will lie about ANYTHING in order to gain and keep power.

I find this honesty from the Left refreshing.

great!
any suggestions on the economy and health care in America?

I seem to recall a similar disconnect between the Bush Administration and the generals in Iraq and Afghanistan. Does the Name Petraeus ring a bell?
C'mon Senator McCain....the bell tolls and it tolls for thee.

Not as bad as the disconnect between Republicans and reality.

Fear/hate it must be a Republican talking again.

This is one topic where McCain holds a lot of weight. He was also critical of Bush on troop strengths way before the decision to "surge". McCain usually has a nasty habit of simplifying and breaking things way down into tiny, digestible one-liners for the ignorant masses to understand. Problem is, the people that care and are paying attention don't need him to cut their meat before they eat it. We understand, we get it. The meat cutting should only be for the disconnected voters during campaign seasons. Talk substance, no generalities, just the meat please. We are paying attention and we do want to hear from McCain on this one subject for sure.

JUst why does the Senator think he is a know it all? On so many things he doesn't have a clue.

Commander in Chief? I think not.

McCain is just using this for cheap shots. Obama hasn't said that he is opposed to sending more troops or that he won't. He said that he wants to evaluate the situation, and address the GOALS of the mission. Simply sending more troops isn't going to do any good if you don't use them wisely.

Thank God the idiot McCain did not win the election. He has shown he is prone to making snap, uninformed decisions (Sarah) and is a one trick guy WAR WAR WAR. I cannot imagine how many more conflicts we would be involved in if this war lover had won. I find it amazing that there is no money for Healthcare but plenty of $$ for WAR.
We finally have a President that will insure he FULLY understands the situation before more lives are sent into harms way... unlike BUSH..........The President is the Commander in Chief and the Generals need to await his orders.

McCain got it backwards. First you need a strategy and then deceide what troop level is required to carry it out.

Obama is listing to requirements and will then provide strategic direction and then the generals will carry out the tactical end of it. Hopefully it will eventually end the war the GOP blew by starting another needless war in Iraq and blowing that one.

You add troops to speed up the afghans being able to take over. You need to get an Afghan army on their feet. McCain wants more troops so we can get out sooner. McCain voted against the Lebanon war in 1982.

McCain wants to transfer the power to the afghan military and the only way you can do that is getting them up and ready. Obama is putting off the decision for political reasons. McCain has one son who has served twice overseas and another about to go over. The hatred of McCain by the left is creepy for what this man has given this country.

Actually, I don't understand John McCain. He appears to think "war" will solve all of our problems. Well, it won't and it's time for him to understand that. He seems to think nothing of spending billions of dollars each month on war, but balks at the idea of spending billions onthe health of the U.S. Citizens. I think the election of President Barrack Obama reinforced the belief that John McCain has it all wrong on all fronts... the war, the economy, the health care cricis, etc., etc.

McCain is just a poor washed up loser that always made terrible war decisions, with his neo-con buddies, so he is certainly a very poor choice to give any advice to anyone, especially to our intelligent Prez. Obama will do the right thing and clean up the mess that the Reslugs made.

McCain has a disconnect. He still has figured out that he lost. I heard on MSNBC today that soldiers in Afghanistan are more worried that an over-abundance of troops will mean an overwhelming number of American troop deaths.

Wasn't it Obama said he would listen to the commanders on the ground during his campaign?? Obama never wore a uniform and has no idea what he is doing. What I worry about is the military that are still in Afghanistan, they are out numbered and have very little support. Obama also said this was a war that was necessary. I am certainly not in favor of having more of our military in harms way but those poor guys there need help. Of course we want our military home but if they have to be there then give them help!!!

Obama will do the right thing, I am confident of that.

It is so great to see the comments from the liberals . . . it proves the facts they are ignorant and have no concept of keeping America safe . . . so keep up the stupid comments . . . as I said, it proves my point.

The goverment is not our military, but the military has to listen to our goverment, and most in goverment are fools that dont understand what they need. Finish the job we started and finish it in the way we started it, We gave the Taliban everything we had and they ran like a bunch of cowards they are. We started holding back little by little and now they have re grouped and started killing again. If the General wants 30,000, send 60,000 and get this war over with now!
God Bless Our Troops, for they are why we are FREE
God Bless All

I agree that President Obama needs to make a decisive decision on the war in Afghanistan. If there was anything that I did once agree with President Bush on was action in Afghanistan in the wake of September 11th, with the focus of bringing Al Qaida to some semblence of justice...but since then the focus has faltered, we've been distracted in Iraq, and today we're not certain how the war matters to us and why we should be spending so much money.

This is the point where we MUST remember Septemeber 11th and refocus on the hunt for those real terrorists that were behind the attacks, but making certain to move forward rationally and intelligently, unlike the Bush Administration's verisimilitudes.

John McCain your a loser and have been for years, Hang it up and do us all a favor. You and those other loud mouth Republicians can really start the fires raging, where the hell where you all during the Bush years? NOW you all have the answers. Please.....you all want to see this man fail....and badly I might add. Get some backbone and work and support your PRESIDENT! You loud mouth, old, tanned, hoodies, from the past need to let some younger, smarter, and clean take over. your all dirty and you know it.You all had your chance, let it gotand let us move foward. BESIDES WE DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU AROUND ANYMORE....the voters will let you all know....sooner than you think....Bye cutie pie. RIP.

This from someone who, had he been elected president would surely have had the USA blown off the face of the earth by now. He needs to put a sock in it and let the president & the generals do their jobs. It seems McCain thinks HE won the election with his continued commentary.

A letter to Senator McCain: You are such a sore loser and becoming a very vindictive old man. Is this what you want to be remembered as? Being shot down in Nam does not make you an expert on war. I lost friends in Nam that actually were on the battlefield. They were drafted right out of high school because they did not have a father or grandfather to get them in the Naval Academy like you did. I used to respect you but lost all respect for you when you selected Palin. You are not President and need to stop being so unpatriotic. If you can't support our President stop whining and complaining everyday. It is not becoming for someone that we once thought of as a hero. Had President Obama lost the election he would not play polotics as you do with our lives.

How many jets did this clown crash? He couldn’t run a campaign, picked a nut for VP and now wants to criticize the WH?

Why so much hate for a man that his made his life about serving his country? He has an opinion, much more qualified than any one here. You talk about showing respect but your actions certainly don't follow that mantra.
I get it, Democrats won the last election but that doesn't mean that 100% of Americans voted for you. I'm just waiting for the next post "I won, you lost! You ate the apple sauce!" It certainly seems like you are just childish enough to say something like that.

I thought Obama was ready on day 1? Sounds like he needs some on the job training.

Why does CNN continually keep interest in anything that McCain says? He is not news... of course he disagrees. It would be un-republican of him not to. McCain is more insignificant than the party itself. This isn't news, it's wasted kilobytes.

If McCain had won we'd still be DEEPLY trenched in Iraq and still totally ignoring Afghanistan, as our current President is NOT doing.

I'd say - nice try, Johnny. We don't want any.

Mr. McCain is under the misconception that our military actually runs wars. Fortunately, the US does not run by junta but, rather, a cicilian head of state elected by the people. He/she is responsible to the electorate...even about issues of foreign policy and defense.

McCain might be an Annapolis military elitist, but I'd rather trust a commader and chief who is responsible to the public than having our wars (and, indeed, our foreign policy) run out of the Pentagon.

The knee jerk reaction of a troop surge, as in Iraq, may seem like a
" one-size-fits-all " strategy. From what we heard, if the General wants more resources, it may not always translate to more boots on the ground. That might put more Americans' lives on the line too.

McCain should not sound the alarm and he needs to slow down on his hasty military like macho response which may elevete a lot of risk factor levels. We salute him a lot for his contribution to the nation, but his comments remain arguable, even if he is a ranking senator. This request, we are sure, will be examined at its entirety, by all in the house and senate, aptly.

We currently have a room at work named after McCain. It is the John. I can only tell you that it deals with a lot of things that are like what McCain says: crap.

WOW... I am sure glad he didn't get elected...

As if someone who picked Palin as a running-mate has any credibility at all!

Sen McCain – Shouldn't there be clear strategy & goals before asking the troop to rick their lives – or are you using the old Republican action to reaction before you determine the action needed?

There are no good options for Afghanistan. At least our current President is taking time to weigh the options that do exist and make the best decision he can. Other countries that have tried to occupy or win a war against Afghanistan have not been successful and as our very intelligent President has said WE NEED TO CONSIDER OUR OBJECTIVES AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE BEFORE PUTTING MORE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN HARM'S WAY. Just because a general says that more troops are needed for what HE considers to be the objectives does not mean that we shouldn't make changes to those objectives or consider other options. The general says more troops so give him more troops is just a knee-jerk reaction. Thoughtful consideration (Obama) vs. knee-jerk decision-making (McCain) - I'll take the thoughtful consideration any day.

McCrystal just got assigned the job back in June, it's a bit hasty to talk about his resignation before the President has made his decision on what our long-term strategy should even be at this point.

For those of you who didnt know. The President gives the orders, the generals are to carry them out. NOT the other way around. Repubs wants Papa Bush Weapons Mfg Co's to make some govmt dough. The connection is not Pres – Generals. The Connection is Pres – People. OBAMA-BIDEN 2012 POWER to the People. Big corps dont want that.

McCain is still running his campaign

Last time I checked we are a Democracy and our elected President calls the shots. If the military decided everything that would be a fascist form of government.

The Libs are correct, Senator McCain ran for President and lost. The American people won't make that mistake again. Whoever runs against the idiot now in the WH will win handily in 2012.

You go back to Iraq John. And!!!!! Stay there... Make a Base bigger than any deployed before, in any country...

Quiet Johnny boy, you're insignificant. Credibility has deserted you, at your own hand.

Jason/Marie, and . . . . . mccain on military . . . . . crashed five jets and spent the Vietnam war as a POW.
bush was never seen at the NG post yet we entered into two wars because of his presidency.
You don't have to be a general to run a country just have some smarts which have been missing for the last eight years in the WH!

That war cannot be "won."
It is impossible, except for those arm chair Generals.

Well, for those who think President Obama doesn't quite measure up: let me remind you that at the very least we haven't been hit again by terrorists eight months into his administration. Looks like we are a hell of a lot safer under his watch than the Bush-blame-game-lame administration who had the worst national homeland disasters times two (9/11 and Katrina) on their watch. Oh that's right, they were both Bill Clinton's fault which means that Mr. Obama gets to blame Bush should the remotely unlikely repeat of either disaster happen, right?

Our dear leader is above his paygrade as usual!

McCain is playing politics with this one – the President is updating and changing the Afghanistan strategy as he promised he would do in the campaign.

Like John McCrash would know what to do. His brain has been baking too long in the AZ sun.

Everyday that President Obama waffles on Afghanistan costs American lives on the front lines. He seems more interested in trading laughs with David Letterman and glad-handing with middle-eastern dictators, then he does about securing the safety of the U.S. homeland. As predicted, his foreign policy has been a complete weak-kneed disaster and his domestic policy is not far behind. Elections have consequences.

FACT: Obama HAS already granted an increase of troops into Afghanistan this year.

Why are troop levels so important and "critical", now?

Where were McCain and the rest of the NeoCons, back when we took our eye off the ball and diverted troops and resources to invade Iraq instead of crushing Al Qaeda when we had them in our sights?

We put 100,000+ troops and tanks and helicopters into Iraq, instead of "FLOODING THE ZONE" in Afghanistan back in 2001-2002.

Talk about a disconnect between leadership and the military.

John you weren't listening!

The President said he was waiting for the election results to see who would be in charge before planning a strategy.

Obama has held one meeting on McCrystal's recommendations. One meeting? Some thoughtful strategy planning in one meeting?

The military is not the Government.

what is it that mccain doesn't understand? americans are sick of our men and women dying in an unjust war. if he had his way america would already be in iran, russia and anywhere else old man mccain could think up a war.
our president is not going to shoot first and think later like the last war-mungers in office did. macain is not qualified to make sound judgement on anything our president is doing.
the repubs just can not stand it that president obama is working stratigies to end the killing of our military. funny how the repubs don't want health care for us americans but think it is okay to send our military off to die for someone elses country. how republican!!!!

Obama is clueless on military matters he never served this country in uniform. Also the stimulus was a waste and the TARP was a waste the FED put enough money in late september and that was enough all the rest was over spending and will lead to our credit ratings being downgraded, soaring debt, weak dollar and inflation. This one party power grab is bad for america.

History Lesson.

1960s.... Cuban Missle Crisis... Armed nukes 150 miles off the coast of Florida.

LIVES WERE AT STAKE.

General LeMay wanted to go in on a "pre-emptive strike" to retaliate for the Cubans shooting at one of his airmen and planes.

Kennedy rightly ignored his recommendation.

Lemay was FURIOUS.

If Kennedy had "followed the advice of his generals", then WWWIII would have started and Nuclear Destruction for this planet would have occured.

FACT.

McCain was out of his depth debating Palin. Of course, Palin is out of her depth ... period.

Sen. McCain, you have no judgement, you are not the president, and your party is the one that put us in this predicament.

So please, sit down, shut up and let the people with a brain (the President) do their job. If you and Palin were in office, we'd be in world war 3, with the world against us. And without the president's stimulus package, you people would have put us in the great depression once again.
I thank the Lord every day that you people are not in charge.

So please, save it!

You know what they say about opinions... like a certain part of the anatomy, everyone has one... McCain apparently can't keep his closed and the same hot air keeps coming out.

Retire, already. After showing your intelligence by picking Palin as a running mate, I wouldn't trust you to know where that opinion is located if you had both hands and a roadmap.

obama ...on military matters.... clueless....but great on late night t .v ..... pityful....

happy trigger mcsane, glad he is not in command. obama is right! we need to evaluate the situation than, and now and find the best alternatives that is the most effective and in the best interest of the usa. this formidable decision is not to act on impulsive reaction but needs great surgical delicate balance so we can save as much lives of young men and women put in harms way. it just the right thing to do senator mccain. so why don't you cut obama some slack and let him do his job.

Ironic, McCain talking about disconnect. This from the guy who joked bomb, bomb, bomb...bomb, bomb Iran.

Riddle me this Batman...

McCain asserts that Obama is "putting American lives at stake by not immediately increasing the troop levels in Afghanistan".

If this is true, then why did McCain say back in 2003 or 2004 that we "can muddle along in Afghanistan" with the troop levels in country at the time, because in his words "Iraq is more important".

Basically, if McCain is correct, then Bush and Team PUT AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK by underresouring the Afghanistan war for over 7 YEARS.

Obama needs your support if he's going to succeed in taking that $500 billion from your Grandmother's life support. So, he needs to dangle your kids in front of the Taliban for just a little while longer.

Military leaders and WH blasts 'disconnect' between McCain and a functional brain stem.

McCain understands war – Obama has NO clue. I think McCain knows what he is talking about, too bad it is falling on "present" ears.

Oh, one last comment.....If anyone remembers Vietnam, it was a certain general named Westmoreland that kept asking for more and more troops....upto 500,000 and look what happened.

Obama is not a leader, he is a wuss.........

The American people have never seen such a "disconnect" between Senator McCain and reality. I don't remember anyone naming McCain as Secretary of the Defense.

Secretary Gates and the President are doing a thorough job, and a go slow approach is better than the Rethuglican's rush to destroy all those Iraqi weapons of mass destruction that were never found.

So we can really plan it correctly, or we can follow McCain's Rethuglican support for an unworkable missile defense shield designed to repel a non existant Iranian long range missile.

Get a life John ... why have you moved so far right? Are the righty-tikes the only ones left who will listen to you?

Obama is doing something that McCain and Bush never thought of doing. That is looking at the big picture and coming up with a strategy. Obama should not take too long but he should think things out. No matter what General McCrystal says, the POTUS is held responsible for the success or failure of any operation. He is also responsible for the lives of those in uniform. He needs a clear head and a clear goal in mind before putting lives on the line.

John, you are absolutely right, Obama is out to lunch. Wonder what would have happened if previous generals of war were thrown to the wolves. Gen McCrystal needs to tell Obama to take his job and shove it !!!!

Once again McCain plays politics with national security policy by suggesting that the military should control the executive branch. The constitution establishes that the Executive Branch shall be led by a democractically elected civilian. McCain needs to go back to elementary school to learn basic civic lessons.

John, I just hope he does as good a job as you and Bush have done with these two wars... SHUT UP OLD MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John McCain is a war monger and has proven this over and over again. After the last eight years, thank God that there is some real THINKING going on which should lead to a decision that is correct for both now and later on.....based upon intellectual decisions, rather than shooting from the hip!!

You lost McCain . . . get over it!

Get rid of the war hog Republican Generals and maybe these wars can end.....They always find a reason to stay....Those citizens were surviving before we got there....They will survive when we leave....All troops should be pulled out of the region.....There will be no peace in the middle east until the Prince of Peace returns....

Gen. McCrystal has requested 40,000 more troops to win a war that is CRUCIAL to our safety and our national security. We need to wipe out the taliban. Lives depend on it, that is not a scare tactic. It's a fact.

What is the White House doing? Nothing. Yes, that's right NOTHING. Obama has never served in the military and has never led so much as a choir. What makes him think he knows more then our Generals?

I agree with McCain. Obama knows NOTHING about the military....or, for that matter, world affairs.

Heaven help us all!

McCain forgets that the Nixon/Kissenger administration had a pretty bad disconnect between the military and the Admin also...in fact it was so bad that under Nixon's Commander-In-Chiefmanship that more troops were killed than under LBJ....In fact the Vietnam war became just a backdrop for the Nixon/Kissenger political agenda in SE Asia....remember Nixon's so-called "plan" to get out of SE Asia? Did not really exist did it?

Senator McCain, if you don't like what's happening then run for POTUS yourself and fix it, oh, wait a minute, that's right, you did and you got hammered!

Never Mind!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama doesn't have a clue on what to do about the defense department. Hope he doesn't destroy our defense like Bill Clinton did during his two terms.

If only it were all that simple, Senator McCain. If I remember correctly, acting quickly and without fully evaluating a situation is what got us into this Middle Eastern mess and has not only risked young lives, but cost them.

Barry doesn't know what to do. A tele-prompter speech isn't going to help him this time. Just another liberal who couldn't find his way out of a paper bag.

Mr. McCain is too quick to judge. If I understood President Obama on the Letterman show last night, he wants facts and suggestions before he makes a decision. The last President shot first before asking any questions. That is why we had the Iraq mess.

Don't be treasonous McCain, not like your VC PSAs

It seems as if Sen McCain cannot think of anything to complain about except war. Troops are presently underway to the Afgan area. Oh my, we have someone in White House that's actually going to look before he leaps. Unlike his predesscor and that just tears him up.

If McCain won we would have a commander and chief, now we have a commander and community organizer.

this idiot feels like he is royalty! – the last time I checked, you lost to president Obama...BIG TIME!...now you better shut up or RESIGN!!!!

Mr. McCain – Did you expect any more than that? I mean look what's supposed to be leading this country!

McCain should tsalk, when his stategy is to increase troop levels. The answer to al military problems, straight from the McCain playbok – SURGE.

Thank goodness he didn't get elected.

McSame shooting off his mouth is the one who is putting our young soldiers in danger; the danger of starting an unjust war in Iraq under the pretense of finding WMD and killing thousands of US soldiers and innocent civilians in the process...if this dufus dont have anything better to say about our soldiers & the war in Afghanistan, he should do us all a favor and RESIGN!...

No one who had every lost the election has been a big baby about loosing. McCain should understand that the timing is important, but instead he whines about everything Obama does. McCain has demonstrated that he makes rash decisions.

You are right about no strategy. Bush didn't have one for sure. I'll give you one. Go after Bin Laden, go after Al' Qada. Leave the rest to fend for themselves. Once you have Bin' laden, war won, go home. You honestly think the Taliban want to be in the hills of Afganistan? You get this strategy done and the Taliban won't have anyone to fight.

I seriously believe, if it isn't your country, get out of it. You leave them alone, they'll leave you alone. If they don't leave you alone, send them an ICBM; compliments of the Red, White, and Blue.

Obama is already the worst President the United States has ever had and he is just getting started.
Obama wants to vote present on troop increases. He does not want to risk losing the left of his party and he does not want to risk re-election by not supporting victory in Afghanistan. Same thing with the health care public option. Says he supports but not essential. Votes present while his own party remains so divided on the issue that they can't pass a bill with or without it.
Obama doesn't have the guts to lead when it matters most. He's totaly worthless. He's not fit to lead the greatest nation in the free world. Hillary was correct, he's not ready. He does not know the difference between running a campaign and running a country.

"McCain blasts 'disconnect' between WH and military leaders"
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You mean we should take Bush as an example? As in "Hey WMD's!"

Republicans have no IDEA how to connect reality to the white house, let alone the military. Republicans, every time you open your mouth, a soldier is murdered. McCain is by far the biggest traitor this country has ever had, he is now grand standing at the expense of the lives of our american soldiers. That's pretty much par for him though, after all he did help put to death many of his fellow comrades. Go find it "McCain the Canary".

Sick of watching McCain bashing and seeking to murder our military personnel. He saved his hide by sacrificing his fellow soldiers and he's doing it again.

Amazing. John McCain is prodding the General to resign so he can punish the President.

I am sooo glad he didn't get elected. We'd be bombing the entire Middle East by now...

There is no disconnect...they all seem to be talking just fine. What on earth is wrong with taking time, evaluating the situation and then making a decision??? The problem with both wars in the past was a lack of planning and coordination on all levels.

The days of prematurely annoucing "mission accomplished", sending our men and women to war without the proper armed vehicles, and torturing anyone with a Muslim-sounding name are over. President Obama worked with the commanders in Iraq, and their plan is working. He will do the same thing in Afghanistan (and I believe they will send more troops).

In unison,the Republicans are screaming amaggedon about Afganistan because that is where their bread and butter is meshed,but to them the issue of heath care for Americans is a waste of money.When Bush diverted the war from the base at which terrorist attacked our country to Iraq,they did not scream blood.Guns and bullets alone are not the instruments of war please give other options a chance and stop the hypocrazy jives...

McLoser- Don't criticize the Commander in Chief during a time of war, traitor!

Sen McCain,

Knock it off! You should know as well as anyone in this nation that the military solution is only one of several perspectives that have to be taken into account in global-level operations of this kind.

The White House is relying on Generals, on Secretaries Gates and Clinton, and on their career staffs to deal with the situation from a long-view perspective. You guys need to stop your heckling, period. This is not helpful.

And you, as a former Naval officer, still report to your Commander-in-Chief, whoever is in that position. Again, knock it off!

John McCain has no particular expertise in military matters that wasn't gained while a Senator and is the same as any other Senator with his seniority on committees dealing with military matters.

His father and grandfather were four star admirals. He was a legacy appointee to Annapolis and his own career was mediocre at best. He got as far as he did because of the "good old boy" network in the Navy. Had he not been blessed with high ranking forebears, he would have been passed over twice on promotions beyond Commander which would have meant a separation from active duty with but three stripes on his arm.

He should stop pretending he has the expertise of Sestak, a Vice Admiral who earned his stars.

The problem that Obama has is that he forgot and left his "present" button in Chicago. It is time for Obama to get off the fence and make a decision.

When John McCain gets through with all of his "Blasting" and comments about "Disconnet" with White House and Millitary Commander, Barack Obama is still President and Obama's word is law and not John McCain!

Why don't the mccains, boehner's and cantor's of the world shut the hell up. They don't know what the President is doing, they just like to get in front of a camera and run their stupid mouths. It's not like the President will let them in on everything he is doing, he will do that with the important people involved.

You have to bet that the White House doesn't want the general to testify, because then we'll hear the truth. Every day Obama waffles more troops die. If he's going to surrender and pull out, do it now. if he's going to fight to win, send more troops. Come on Obama, yes or no? Win or surrender? Make a decision already!

Perhaps Obama should spend less time on the television talk shows and more time conferring with his generals about developing a strategy for the war in Afghanistan.

8 years with no plan for success in Afghanistan and McSenile said nothing, and now he is worried about implementing this as soon as possible. How can he look at himself in the mirror?

It's not as simple as that Sen. McCain. I think the president first needs to get the troop levels down in Iraq before sending a significant amount into Afghanistan. I understand the importance of Congress getting briefed, but if the administration is working on a new strategy, maybe they want one together to brief Congress when Gen. McCrystal gives his report.

For a Party that was a complete FALIURE In Iraq Invaded a Country based on lies and no stragety they need to hush up the mouth they have made enough of a mess with Iraq and Afghanistan Thank you!

Obama wants to vote present on troop increases. He does not want to risk losing the left of his party and he does not want to risk re-election by not supporting victory in Afghanistan. Same thing with the health care public option. Says he supports but not essential. Votes present while his own party remains so divided on the issue that they can't pass a bill with or without it.

Out of Afganastan! End the War Now! Korea, Vietnam, Iraq... When will we learn?

Well, this war is going to go on for a very long time. So, Obie, just take your time to set the course right. The rush to victory should have been done 10 years ago when Afghan's fierceless warrior, Mahmoud, was still alive. Now, we'll just have to play the waiting game and wait for the next generation of Mahmoud, Afghan warrior, grows up to want to live for freedom.

McCain has better 'blasts' from his hind end. Just remember all you neo-tards, he was your SECOND choice behind the clown G. Bush back in 2000. Given the pathetic performance of your clown, why would we give the time-of-day to your 2nd team?

This President campaigned on the vow to listen to the "generals on the ground" and criticized the last administration for not doing so. Now, the General he personally appointed asks for more troops and he has reservations. Oh yeah, "change you can believe in". More like "politics as usual".

Dear Senator McCain,

I am intent, repeat INTENT on NOT repeat the mistakes of past presidents in fighting costly wars. Adjusted for inflation, the wars of Presidents Wilson, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, JFK, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush 1 & 2 could have paid for healthcare reform AND my daughters' school. War is bad bad bad (except for the Civil War, of course).

If you even try and stop me from retreating from Afghanistan or Iraq, I'll personally campaign against you in the next election.

Sincerely,

B. Obama

...that was my first reaction yesterday when the News said Obama planned to put together a strategy before receiving the Gen's request for troops: For Goodness' sake, how in the world can you put together a reasonable strategy when you don't even know what all the requirements are? How did we get such a goofus in the White House? Stand by, Americans, it's gonna get crazier!

Once again McSurge speaks first without facts and incites the hate crowd. There are a lot of military experts that are not sure McCrystal's assessments are correct. It would be better to get it right this time.

No one is listening John..........time to retire.

Know what McCain? You aren;t the one in charge thank goodness. You think your decisions are gold because you were in the military playing army.