Doug:
> The implication being that winning the war would be a good thing, now
> that it's Obama's war?
c b:
> It's still "Bush's war.
> He started it and it's been going on for 8 of ten years under him.
> That's u all's snarky formulation , not mine. Of course, u like to not
> mention that Obama gave a timetable for ending it.
Of course it's Obama's war. He's promised to "win" it and he's
increased the number of troops in Afghanistan. Promises to pull out
are just that -- promises. That kind of promise isn't enforceable in
any court of law. They're "mere words," as Thomas Hobbes would say.
To say that it's not Obama's war is like saying that the Vietnam
wasn't LBJ's war, since JFK started it. Or it's like saying that a
previous war in Afghanistan wasn't Andropov's, Chernenko's, or
Gorbachev's war because Brezhnev started it.
--
Jim Devine
"Those who take the most from the table
Teach contentment.
Those for whom the taxes are destined
Demand sacrifice.
Those who eat their fill speak to the hungry
of wonderful times to come.
Those who lead the country into the abyss
Call ruling too difficult
For ordinary folk." – Bertolt Brecht.
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