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Why is it more important to get a 1 trillion dolllar healthcare plan through the House than to make a decision on Afghanistan?

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It might not be "more" important but one could argue that it is "just" as important to see that ALL American citizens including our veterans and their families have access to affordable health care.

Yes, by all means, let's rush into something, all you people complaining about the "dithering". It helped us so much in the past.

pathetic republicans. still at their bitter games. they seem to just want to complain.

when will they try to be part of the solution instead of being part of the problem.

their idiocy disgusts me and all thinking people.

I laugh when I think off all the libs that thought Obama was going to end war. My response was always, "No he is not, he is going to shift the primary focus to Afghanistan." Well I guess we were both wrong: STILL AT WAR, BUT WITH ZERO FOCUS.

It would be an absolute mistake to send more troops. The president really needs to be bold and instead start to formulate a plan to get us out of there and let them take care of themselves. I hope he realizes this and makes the right decision in the best interests of America

he needs to listen to the generals, they know best.

When are you going to do something. Sitting on the sidelines is not what a President should do. How long and how many lives will it take before you make a stand.

Don try to tie this in with the troops,they go where they are told to go when they are told to go. As far as marines we want to be there (marine corps infantry) we want to fight no matter what kind of fight it is.....it not about us, its about the commander in cheifs inability to choose a plan and stick to it. We will fight anytime anywhere regardless of what our bielifs are sned us and we will take it, dont drag the troops in to this.

I guess for Obama that Dither, Dither, Dither and Dither are the expected options.

obama doesnt know how to make a decision.

You know, if former President Bush had actually given any thought to going to war – and not just turned it all over to a bunch of arrogant Chicken Hawks like Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz – we probably wouldn't have invaded Iraq in the first place or at least things might have gone better.

I hope for the sake of our country, our military and the people of Afghanistan, that whatever decision our President makes brings peace to that war-torn nation and brings our soldiers home.

Close the window ... I feel a "draft" coming.

BRING THEM HOME. The Americams are always sticking their nose where it shouldn't be. BRING THEM HOME.

We're trusting a community organizer with a decision on a war. What a joke! This country hasn't had a president in almost one year. Instead with have a ditering idiot. Way to go Oblunder!

fight the war with the cia.....not another 40,000 troops...the economy can not survive a war with that may have no end in sight....end both wars now...

Obama has been given the facts since the day after he became President-elect. If he can figure out what to do to stimulate the economy in a few weeks (the stimulus), why hasn't he decided on an Afghanistan strategy. He's had a full year. Pretender-in-Chief is a better title for Obama. He certainly lacks any concept of what command really means.

Where there is no guidance the people fall , but in abundance of counselors there is victory. Proverbs 11:14

Praying for you Mr. President

You have three choices...Go big, go long or go home! PICK ONE, for crying out loud!!!

It's been said by our military and politicians that we need to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis and Afganis. With the President seemingly unable to make a decision that he has known for MORE than 3 months, it has occurred to me that we first need to win Obama's heart and mind in regards to the these wars!

Ridiculous, make a decision and help the troops already there...

I hope the plan is. Send the forty thousand troops. Hurt the taliban bad. Build the Afghan Army. Come home in five years.

I'm with the Vietman Vet at 5;16 pm. You want more troops going to Afghanistan, sign up and go yourself. Stop volunteering other people's children to die so you can use the President's thoughtful decision making for your own political gain. By the way, Vietnam Vet at 5;16 pm.... May God always bless you and I hope you had a wonderful Veteran's Day.

As a Libertarian I would like to know from the Democrat Liberals 3 questions.

1. When will the Obama administration be responsible for their actions and quit blaming the Bush administration?

2. If the Healthcare, that they want for Americans, is so good why are the Government people (Senate, Congress, House of Representatives, and the President and Vice President) exempt from it.

3. For all of the voters for Obama – Aren't you glad that you voted in a person from Chicago that likes that style of Government that thinks bigger is better? Does the name Daily ring a bell?

When the links to the American CIA and the cheap Heroin that is flooding Russia and the world from Afghanistan have been made and exposed, What Options does America have in regards to Afghanistan?

The gig is up!

Puppet Afghanistan President Karzi wouldn't last a single week in Afghanistan after the American troops pull out, American Taxpayers will likely pay for his lavish exile in some exotic location for the rest of his life.

How many brave American men and women have died and been horribly wounded so that CIA could flood Russia with cheap Heroin?

A. Smith
Oregon

Regardless of opinion as to whether or not we should have gone in, we are in now. As such, we must finish what we have started. If more troops are required to accomplish that quicker with less loss of life, so be it.

Of course, we want a thought through decision, but we can't be deciding forever. The generals know how this stuff works, and have experience in it. Their opinions and reccommendations deserve great weight.

Extensive delaying in making a decision is a side effect of inexperience (although intentions may be righteous). Likewise, percieved experience leads to decisions made too quickly, without enough thinking through of the situation. What we do need is someone with real experience making relavent decisions. This is one of the reasons why I would prefer that presidents have military experience, the higher the rank the better, as they have held lower ranks as well. People who send troops into battle should have a real good feel for just what it is that they are doing. Not an attack on the current administration so much as the lawyer breed of politicians in general.

Bring them home.

Whatever, President Obama decide's to do . . . It Will Be In the Best Interest of ALL CONCERNED !

i don't know what to say. careful consideration is one thing, but to stall on such a decision for over 2 months? this hesitance is engendering an increasing loss of confidence in the president's ability to govern.

Look, the only place on earth that we need to send troops into and gut teerorists out are, the regions of Pakistan. If we do that, we dont have to deal with Afghanistatn..

Let Afghan fight for themselves.

"when President Obama will show some leadership and make the tough decisions without waiting for the political polls to provide the answer."

The polls are already providing a pretty clear answer. The majority wants us out of Afghanistan. That's not really in debate, so if what you said was actually true, he'd have told McChrystal to go stuff his letter where the sun don't shine within a week or so of receiving it. Tough decisions aren't made on the advice of just one person...nor are they made quickly when you're trying to decide whether to leave 60,000 some odd troops in a dangerous foreign country in the first place or to add another 40,000 to the mess. Leadership is not letting your Generals run the show by dancing you around like an uncritical puppet...it's telling them you appreciate their input and making sure you get input from many other sources so you can make the best decision regarding the lives of those men and women, our goals in that mission and the strategies for reaching them.

What's with 4 options? There are 2. All out, or give the generals what they asked. It isn't going to be option one, so option two is all that's left. After announcing a new mission in March and appointing General McChrystal to implement it, this indicision just makes him look weak.

Four options!! Holy cow!! Does he also have four brains and four eyes? If not, he better just take the BEST option. We dont have time for him to play around.

When you have no idea what you are doing you can't make a decision, and he doesn't know what to do. I think he should replace his three top General's with General's Pelosi, Reid & Biden.

1. Surrender. 2.Do nothing. 3. Blame Bush. 4. Give a speech.

Obama has said for 6 years we should be in afghanistan and not iraq. He even ran on it.So how much longer will it take for him to decide.He should have been ready from day one right? And were are the cry babies demanding an actual date of departure. Wow, funny how one year can make a difference.Please dont say health care is taking up all the time, when its less than 17% of our population who really does'nt have it.

Option 1: Go to more Dem fundraisers

Option 2: Go make a flowery speech at a photo op

Option 3: Fly overseas to a) attend more photo ops and
b) apologize to everyone in attendance

Option 4: Stay home and redistribute other people's wealth to those who didn't care to work hard in school or at their job, or their marriage, or around their house, or their neighborhood

why can't we just go olde school style and just pull the troops out & send in assassians. Its less casualties and more effective.

Ah I see, we can call this four option decision plan of obama's the Ennie, Meany, Minnie, Moe option.

ditherer and chief strikes again. maybe the marxist will give the terrorists, oh excuse me, i mean the man made disaster doers, swine flu shots in return for their forgiveness for the mean americans. that will be his fifth option. hey libtards good luck in 2010.

Spin this however you choose!
The problem with taking your time now is that the troops are already there and the military Commanders on the ground are asking for more help because they are getting their butts kicked. Now is not the time to debate. Send the troops or bring them all home.

"Progressive liberalism is clearly the democrat's worst enemy.."

Actually, no. Look at history just a littel and you'll realize the biggest problem the Dems have always had is resting on their laurels. The people who really need to wake up out there are the ones who supported Obama and the Dems last November, who have sinec disappeared and gone back to couch potato mode because they think their role in this country's progress and future was over as of November 5, 2008.

I smell a draft coming........

The President should take his time and make the best decision, unlike the last administration that attacked the wrong Country.

i'm a republican who says we ought to get out. chuck the whole scene. the rules of engagement for our troops are laughable. the reason it appears we're losing is that were the only ones NOT FIGHTING a war. don't get me wrong. i'd love to see 60,000 more troops and a massive offensive coordinated w/ pakistan in the north. but lets face it...this administration isn't up to it.

so...just bring our guys home. let the place descend into civil war. give arms support to the ones who would rather not see 'taliban part II' and hope for the best.

he can rush out healthcare which affects 19% of our economy without even reading the legislation, but to make a decision that has troops at risk he can't make in 10 months.

And in 10 months has narrowed it down to only 4 options.

Wow! How impressive and intelligent is that? NOT!!!!

What a joke and embarrassment he is.

Why is it more important to get a 1 trillion dolllar healthcare plan through the House than to make a decision on Afghanistan? (And don't say jobs and the economy because it helps neither.)

All you flaming liberals whose only answer is the blame it on Bush should stop spouting the same stupidity and ask yourself when President Obama will show some leadership and make the tough decisions without waiting for the political polls to provide the answer.

Obama was given a detailed report of the situation when he took over in January. Ten months later we are still waiting for a decision but he has time to take his wife on a date night in New York or go to political fundraisers. The only priority in the White House is getting relected.

While I agree there needs to be some thought put into the Afganistan decision, what was the rush on the health care vote ... are they afraid if the congressmen were allowed time to read the document they wouldn't support it?

What is this?!?!? A President who debates his options before heading blindly into something?!?! We should impeach him!!... LOL

You mean the President is looking at options in a decision that will cost human lives and is carefully thinking?

The nerve of him. Let's just throw our troops into harms way without a clear strategy. It worked last time.........oh wait!

Hope one option is total pullout.

Yes, he is taking a long time, as opposed to Bush, it only took him ___ years to send more troops to Afghanistan.

Fill in the blank with whatever you want, because he never made a decision. He accomplished the mission before he even sent troops there.

Is one of the options, "Close your eyes and hope the terrorists go away?"

How cute that the right has learned a new word for their " insult the President list."..dithering. I'l wager most of the haters didn't even know such a word existed until recently, and still don't know what it means. If I were a soldier, like my father, I would want my commander in chief to make the most thoughtful decision possible regarding my life and that of my fellow soldiers, not one based on false bravado. The words "Bring them on", uttered by Bush to the enemy, still rings in my ears.
I pray that the decision made by the President is based on knowledge and compassion, not testosterone.

Commander in chief is waiting to see what the latest poll shows..

An old saying: Lead , follow or get out of the way boot camp.

Wow, you mean the President is looking at all options before sending our men and women to die?

What a jerk. Send them all to their graves, only unborm babies deserve to live. The republican motto.

A cowboy mentality got us in the mess in the first place; shooting first without asking any questions. The Iraq Study Group had questions and solutions that the Bush administration refused to hear, read the report.

Come on Odumbo make me eat my words, anything short of what the general asks for will be a hoax to save face for both sides of the party's.
I bet he only sends half of what the troops need. This way he can say to the Dems: I showed them who's boss. But he can also say to the Republicans: I sent the addtional troops and we lost.
He is such a loser, I cant beleive we voted in a community organizer

Obama continues to make me proud that I voted for him. And if he continues to govern in the next three years as he has in his first year in office he may prove to be a better president than Bill Clinton making Obama the best president since Thomas Jefferson.

I only wish someone put as much thought and analysis before sending me to Viet-nam 40 years ago. My suggestion is that those who want to send more troops quit your complaining and join the military and volunteer to go. I am sure yoru wishes will be honored. Until you are willing to put up, I suggest you shut up.

As a veteran, I am not pleased with the suggestion that we "dithered" in Iraq. I'm glad you have freedom to express yourself though. I'm truly amazed at how people re-write history to suit there agendas. That said, I am also anxiously awaiting a decision, and am disturbed by the time it's taking. The job is not done, the alternative to finishing what we started is not acceptable because it means that our enemies, and we do have enemies, will have a place to regroup and plot their next attack. President Obama, earn your Peace Prize through the strength of some of the best Americans available, the dedicated members of the U.S. Armed Forces. If given the support needed, they will make the world a safer place for everyone.

It is 3 AM and the phone is ringing off the hook. It is a collect call from Afghanistan. NOBODY HOME

Anyway you slice it, Republicans and other enemies of our country will criticize the new policy.

Please take time to make a good decision Mr. President. This is a very difficult situation that should have been the focus of the previous administration. Sadly, they dropped the ball and this 7year old war is now in need of a solid strategy for winning and bringing our men and women home.

The President should show some courage and real leadership and pull out of Afghanistan. If Obama has not figured out a military goal and strategy after 10 months in office, it ain;t gonna happen anytime soon

Bring all the troops home now

Take the time to get it right. It's more complicated than you think.

We really need a Constitutional Amendment which makes military service a requirement to become President. Perhaps if he could pry himself away from watching his "beloved Chicago Bulls" for a few minutes....

Let’s try to win them over by providing them jobs. Real jobs prayed for by American tax dollars. This would show them that we love them. Radical Islam is not the enemy, poverty is. This is all caused by the corporations. Capitalism is the enemy!

" I am embarrassed,"

a. You should be...Bush made us a laughingstock by running off to fight his daddy's arch nemesis, leaving a complete unattended mess in Afghanistan for the next guy to clean up.

"and afraid for my country."

b. What's new? The rest of us eat food while you GOP robots run on fear.

I dont know what all you Obama naysayers are complaining about. At least I know this much, whatever he does, will not be followed up by a premature statement of "mission accomplished."

so it's taken him 12 weeks (since HIS commander asked for troops) to come up with 4 options. In 3 more weeks will Obama come up with a 5th option? hate to admit it but "dithering" is becoming more and more the perfect word to define and prove his contempt for the military.

The people who are complaining must be warmongers; the same group that was all for it for Iraq. Russia had to pull out of this war with the loss of 13K soldiers and l million Afghanistan. I think that is had to be a very tough decision for the President so let him do his job. I do not care what this President does all I read and hear is heinous remark against him.

Obama, hoping if he stalls a decision long enough he may not need to make one and that the war will come to an end on its own.

This is what we can call one of Obama's 3AM moments....which stretches into 3AM the next day, 3AM the next week, and 3AM the next month.

I guess all his time as a community organizer and all his "present" voting in the senate hasn't prepared him for the realities of the world. But he sure can talk a good game...well as long as the telaprompter is running.

So make a decision and let's get on with it..........it's only been about 3 months, quit your dithering.

Maybe between talk show appearances and Democratic fund raisers, President Obama can find time for the Afghan war finally. Perhaps he can unveil his plan via Letterman's top ten list.

Let Boss Obama do his job and get the strategy right this time...we spent the past several years letting Bush/Cheney DITHER in Iraq. Obama is finally the one committed to a real strategy in Afganistan.

I wish President Bush had given these wars more consideration - we are truly in a mess right now! Thank God we now have a President who is not going to let anyone rush his decision.

An inexperienced, indecisive President. We asked for it, and we got it. I am embarrassed, and afraid for my country.

President Obama, earn your Peace Prize and pull the troops out of Afghanistan!