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2010-11-20 Afghanistan

Lisbon: Nato leaders endorse Afghanistan 2014 withdrawal date

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Posted by tipper 2010-11-20 11:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Oblablah is speaking right now then takes a question from a pre-selected "journalist": Margaret Warner of PBS.

"What message do you think all the super-special important stuff you've done here (PBUH) sends to those awful Mitch McConnell-led Rethuglican neanderthals?"

Posted by Frank G 2010-11-20 12:07|| 2010-11-20 12:07|| Front Page Top

#2 as usual - his 5 minute response was gibberish. He still can't explain why this is so dashingly important to get START done before the lame-duck is over

Posted by Frank G 2010-11-20 12:08|| 2010-11-20 12:08|| Front Page Top

#3 He still can't explain why this is so dashingly important to get START done before the lame-duck is over. Posted by: Frank G

Russian deal making possibly?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-11-20 12:30|| 2010-11-20 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Why don't we just declare victory and get out, just like we did in Viet Nam?

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-11-20 12:31|| 2010-11-20 12:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe because the Viet Cong weren't actively attempting to blow up US civilians at home. Nor was Vietnam positioned such that its fall added a cornerstone to a strategically important arc of such activities.

Posted by lotp 2010-11-20 12:48|| 2010-11-20 12:48|| Front Page Top

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