no…sorry to disillusion anyone, but –oh, heck, I admit it: I’m NOT sorry — the fact is, Obama is dithering about ‘send troops, don’t send troops’ (where’s another daisy? ) BECAUSE he is NOT really President. The media hides it, half the country doesn’t know it, but HE knows it…and he knows that nothing he signs has any legal validity. … for our soldiers, this means that if they fight, they are obeying unlawful orders, & as such (correct me if I’m wrong) they are considered illegal combatants & are not protected by the Geneva Convention; they have no rights if captured… see how it gets very ugly, very fast ?

This is why when he was campaigning, he said the troops would be home in 6 months. He knew he had no right to send troops out … but he can bring them home.

Even if he were really a US citizen, Obama is too easily manipulated to be President; all it takes is a wee bit of uproar & he backs down. Between his ineligibility & his aversity to risking his own career (“Senator Obama: aye or nay?” “Present!”), or troops are without support. Bring our boys home, and raise a fuss about Muslim unity until the rest of the oil-rich Arab world finally helps their brothers. We can’t save the world any more.

Ken

Hey Ben, when was Reagan in office? You just said Reagan missed the opportunity? Geez Ben Reagan was out of office a long time by 2001. We had 8 years of bush and 8 years of Clinton and Bush senior. I don’t think Reagan was available to change things in Afghanistan in the past 8 years. But then its always easy to blame Reagan even when he wasn’t involved with Afghanistan. I bet you opposed Reagan when he was telling Gorby to tear do this wall? Best get your facts straight Ben before you go spouting out so much BS.

As for Bin Laden, Slick Willy Clinton had a change to have Bin Laden, but he refused to act. He was too busy getting his BJ from Monica to waste time with Bin Laden.

True, but there are other ways to battle them besides bombing them. They have support in Afghanistan because they provide jobs to a lot of people. As with most people, the biggest concern of the Afghan people is earning a living.

Our main goal after our invasion in 2001 should have been nation building. Actually, our first goal should have been capturing bin-Laden, but after we blew that opportunity, nation building should have the main goal. We should have gotten the people involved in building schools and trained them methods in agriculture. We missed that opportunity twice now. Once under Reagan and once under Bush. Time will tell if Obama takes advantage of the opportunity now.