raghu wrote: > I don't know why you are surprised. Obama never promised to leave > Afghanistan. He has always supported this war as the "good war".
I replied: > I am not surprised. I know he threatened upfront to go after > Afghanistan. And I didn't have any particular reason to doubt he'd > actually do it. Let me qualify this. I am not surprised that Obama escalated the war on Afghanistan. What does surprise me is the way he chose to execute this escalation. I thought he would go surgical, with drones and special ops. Instead, he is extending the occupation with three times as many troops as were there when he took over. If I were cynical and believed that what is worst in terms of human cost is best in the long run (or if I were the rulers of Iran, Russia, and China) I'd be happy. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
