AQ is not just re-emerging. They Pledged themselves to the Taliban. BO will have to re-pivot again. What say ye? Leadership turmoil within the Taliban since the death of the militant group's founder has fueled closer links with foreign groups like al Qaeda, the new commander of international forces in Afghanistan said, complicating counter-terrorism efforts. In an interview with Reuters, General John Nicholson pointed to what U.S. officials saw as a shift in the Taliban's relationship with groups that Washington considers terrorist organizations. That could influence his assessment of plans to cut U.S. troop numbers next year, because if al Qaeda, which carried out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, can operate in Afghanistan with increasing freedom, it may pose a greater security threat inside the country and beyond. That was the very reason NATO forces went into Afghanistan in the first place: to prevent al Qaeda functioning freely while the Taliban, which ruled the country until its ouster at the end of 2001, looked on......snip~ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-alqaeda-usa-idUSKCN0XC1K7
Obama lost the peace in Afghanistan like he did in Iraq-by ceding the nation to terrorists. Always with just enough "military response" to make it look like he was doing something when he actually wasn't. Afghanistan is going to be just as bad as Iraq as soon as the Chump in Chief gets on his women's bike and spins off to Bed, Bath, and Beyond next January. The next POTUS will have to substantively deal with the mess Obama never could handle.
Now the guy he hand picked.....will be talking about needing more troops. The Taliban have started their spring offensive and they now have AQ working with them openly. There is no doubt he will be leaving more of mess to clean up.
Al Qaeda us being decimated and is on the run. BTW: General Susan Rice speaking for the Commander in Chief Barack Obama said that Bergdahl "served the United States with honor and distinction." Obama has purged so many generals and admirals from the Officers Corps there are only yes men left standing. Obama has surrounded himself with incompetent people and all are yes men.
Evidently the left does to, as they can no longer come up with excuses for the Peep or Hillary. They won't like that BO will have to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Agreed-Obama will continue to wildly swing his purse at the world, and the left will pretend they don't see it-because they can't excuse it.
Oh and they can't blame Bush Jr either.....as BO said he always thought Afghanistan was the War to fight. That we had to stop AQ from setting up safe havens and imbedding in Afghanistan. Now AQ is in Afghanistan and fighting with the Taliban.
Lol @ the neocons' wet dreams about permanent sustained military action. Who's going to pay for it? How much are you willing to have your taxes raised to stay in Afghanistan and Iraq for a century or so? How much more of our infrastructure money are we going to spend building up other countries' infrastructure while ours crumbles? By the time the neocons get done with this country, we'll be a 3rd world nation with a large deployed military.
BO? For treason? Nah.....he just needs to have a major ass whippin put on him. Then his dense grey matter will begin to filter once again.
LMAO.....BO peep is hardly a Neo Con. Looks like his own people have to point out the basics to him once again. Oh and as to how we pay for it. We force those that want us to intervene, into paying for protection. Or we just take it from the leftness since they prefer to live off the government teat. Not much they could do about it anyways. Being the weakness of the country.
Suddenly? I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one to bring that point up. What rock have you been under for the past couple decades?
They forget BO got 40 Billion for the War on Daesh. Then came back for another 5 Billion but will then leave office and leave the war in anothers hands knowing they will need even more money. Yet for 40 Billion.....what does he have to show? That he killed some of the heads only to watch another take it place? Pushback on Daesh then next thing we are hearing is now Daesh is In Afghanistan with AQ. That they are in Pakistan and now Indonesia. Which says nothing of the ones in Libya that were directly involved with those in Raqqa Syria.
Well, there's no proof that spending is an issue for the right except when they're trying to sucker more chumps to vote for them.
When you use the word "chumps" are you referring to all of those "chumps" back in 2008 who were easily deceived in believing in "hope and change you could believe in" ? Or many of the same chumps back in 2012 who believed a community organizer that "Al Qaeda was being decimated and was on the run" ?
So what do you have to say about the 40 Billion BO peep got at the Start up of Daesh. Then the 5 Billion. Then the 6 billion. Which doesn't count any money given to those who were allegedly working with us. Then more money for Iraq.....then Afghanistan. Then more money for BO's re-pivoting twice in Asia? So when it comes to spending the left shows.....Nothing exceed like excess.
The Taliban has started their Spring offensive.....used a suicide bomber to get their attack off. 28 dead over 300 wounded. They hit The Afghans version of the Secret Service. Less than a mile from the Presidential Palace and Interior of Ministry. BO's hand picked man will be asking for more troops. Right after BO sent 200 more troops and Apache helicopters to Iraq and then sent troops to Guam. Taliban strikes in heart of Kabul in deadly attack on elite agency...... Taliban militants attacked an elite government security agency with a suicide bomb and gunfire Tuesday, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320 others in one of the most devastating attacks in Kabul in years, Afghan officials said. The target — an Afghan intelligence unit tasked with protecting senior officials — represented a direct strike against the Western-aided government a week after the Taliban announced its spring offensive. It began when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the agency with a powerful blast that cracked facades of nearby buildings. Gunmen then laid siege to the compound — with some entering the grounds — touching off a three-hour gun battle in a densely populated area that is less than a mile from the presidential palace and the Defense Ministry. The Taliban claimed responsibility, even as the number of people who are dead and wounded were still being counted......snip~ https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...71c794-05f2-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
So President Obama wrote the checks? It didn't take Congressional approval; the approval of a Congress controlled by Republicans? As for the $51 billion, I'd say it's a lot less than the $1.6 TRILLION that it cost to occupy Afghanistan and Iraq. And he didn't cut taxes to do it. So which is more fiscally responsible?
No.....he didn't write the checks. He did the usual.....wheel and deal. Then lie. Did you forget BO peeps first two years where he Controlled both the Senate and Congress. Now throw in what he asked for the War on Terror. Then his Re-pivot twice to Asia. Then Libya. Then there was that little display with the Ukraine and how many ships did the Peep send to ruffle Putin's feathers? Lets see who has actually balanced a budget? When did the Demos ever start?
So, since he didn't write the checks, the Republican Congress must have. And the following 6 years? How much did he ask and did it compare with previous admins? And?
National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush..... (CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency. The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency. It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office. The latest posting from the Bureau of Public Debt at the Treasury Department shows the National Debt now stands at $15.566 trillion. It was $10.626 trillion on President Bush's last day in office, which coincided with President Obama's first day. The National Debt also now exceeds 100% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services. Mr. Obama has been quick to blame his predecessor for the soaring Debt, saying Mr. Bush paid for two wars and a Medicare prescription drug program with borrowed funds. The federal budget sent to Congress last month by Mr. Obama, projects the National Debt will continue to rise as far as the eye can see. The budget shows the Debt hitting $16.3 trillion in 2012, $17.5 trillion in 2013 and $25.9 trillion in 2022. Federal budget records show the National Debt once topped 121% of GDP at the end of World War II. The Debt that year, 1946, was, by today's standards, a mere $270 billion dollars. If Mr. Obama wins re-election, and his budget projections prove accurate, the National Debt will top $20 trillion in 2016, the final year of his second term. That would mean the Debt increased by 87 percent, or $9.34 trillion, during his two terms......snip~ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-debt-has-increased-more-under-obama-than-under-bush/
