[Peace-discuss] Fw: Obama Slams ‘Obsession’ With Ending War in Afghanistan

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Yeah, I HATED that sentence for two reasons: One: shouldn't we all be obsessed with peace??? Second, is that "success" and US "interests" always seem to be connected... with every "s" standing for a $. --Jenifer

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From: unionyes <unionyes at ameritech.net>
Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fw: Obama Slams ‘Obsession’ With Ending War in Afghanistan
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Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 10:26 PM



 
 


 
 
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Obama Slams ‘Obsession’ With Ending War in 
Afghanistan
Insists His Focus Is on Winning the War
by Jason Ditz, June 27, 2010 
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Speaking today in the wake of the G20 Summit, President Barack Obama criticized what he called “a lot of obsession” 
about ending the war in Afghanistan and withdrawing some 100,000 American troops 
from the nation.
Obama insisted that instead of considering if and how the 
war will ever come to some sort of end, his “focus right now is how do we make sure that what we’re doing there 
is successful, given the incredible sacrifices.”
The US initially invaded Afghanistan in late 2001. The number of troops in 
the nation has rising precipitously since President Obama took office in 2009, 
inheriting a war with 30,000 troops and turning it into a war with 100,000 
troops.
Obama’s comments reflect those he made earlier this week, MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from ".." claiming to be disavowing his pledge to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan 
in July of 2011. Now President Obama says that date is just the 
“beginning of a transition phase” and there is no particular timeline for 
leaving Afghanistan.
With the war increasingly unpopular, the MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from ".." claiming to be president presented the 2011 drawdown date as a way to make his 
most recent escalation more palatable. With the surge troops now 
deployed, the date appears to have been discarded, and those still clamoring for 
some sort of end to the nearly decade-long war condemned for losing sight of 
some ill-defined victory.
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