Comments on: Time to Stand Up http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/ Rethinking our policy toward Afghanistan requires vigorous public debate and Congressional oversight. Every major war or military action since World War II has come under the microscope of Congressional oversight hearings Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ewak http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 ewak Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:09:18 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1358 You believe the "experts" know what they're doing? You are going to defer your own moral responsibility to "experts"? Those of us who remember and were opposed to the Viet Nam war have heard all of this rhetoric before. We have heard the list of honorable intentions before. We all remember the "light at the end of the tunnel." Do yourself a favor and become your own expert. Educate yourself on the motives of the "experts". <br><br>You can take whatever position you like, but please don't make the false argument that you oppose all wars while supporting this one. You can't have it both ways.<br><br>A lot of us who sign this petition believe that it is the President that is abandoning us, not the other way around. Resolution does not have to mean more combat forces. The Afghan people are the ones that have been thrown under the bus by a long history of foreign "liberators".<br><br>Anything the government does is political. How citizens interact with and try to influence their government is politics. Your support of the President on this matter is political. <br><br>Airing a contrary political opinion is not "bitching". Some of us have spent a great deal of time and life energy attempting to become educated and responsible citizens I resent your attitude toward those who differ with your political opinion. You believe the “experts” know what they're doing? You are going to defer your own moral responsibility to “experts”? Those of us who remember and were opposed to the Viet Nam war have heard all of this rhetoric before. We have heard the list of honorable intentions before. We all remember the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Do yourself a favor and become your own expert. Educate yourself on the motives of the “experts”.

You can take whatever position you like, but please don't make the false argument that you oppose all wars while supporting this one. You can't have it both ways.

A lot of us who sign this petition believe that it is the President that is abandoning us, not the other way around. Resolution does not have to mean more combat forces. The Afghan people are the ones that have been thrown under the bus by a long history of foreign “liberators”.

Anything the government does is political. How citizens interact with and try to influence their government is politics. Your support of the President on this matter is political.

Airing a contrary political opinion is not “bitching”. Some of us have spent a great deal of time and life energy attempting to become educated and responsible citizens I resent your attitude toward those who differ with your political opinion.

]]> By: ewak http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 ewak Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:09:18 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1235 You believe the "experts" know what they're doing? You are going to defer your own moral responsibility to "experts"? Those of us who remember and were opposed to the Viet Nam war have heard all of this rhetoric before. We have heard the list of honorable intentions before. We all remember the "light at the end of the tunnel." Do yourself a favor and become your own expert. Educate yourself on the motives of the "experts". <br><br>You can take whatever position you like, but please don't make the false argument that you oppose all wars while supporting this one. You can't have it both ways.<br><br>A lot of us who sign this petition believe that it is the President that is abandoning us, not the other way around. Resolution does not have to mean more combat forces. The Afghan people are the ones that have been thrown under the bus by a long history of foreign "liberators".<br><br>Anything the government does is political. How citizens interact with and try to influence their government is politics. Your support of the President on this matter is political. <br><br>Airing a contrary political opinion is not "bitching". Some of us have spent a great deal of time and life energy attempting to become educated and responsible citizens I resent your attitude toward those who differ with your political opinion. You believe the “experts” know what they're doing? You are going to defer your own moral responsibility to “experts”? Those of us who remember and were opposed to the Viet Nam war have heard all of this rhetoric before. We have heard the list of honorable intentions before. We all remember the “light at the end of the tunnel.” Do yourself a favor and become your own expert. Educate yourself on the motives of the “experts”.

You can take whatever position you like, but please don't make the false argument that you oppose all wars while supporting this one. You can't have it both ways.

A lot of us who sign this petition believe that it is the President that is abandoning us, not the other way around. Resolution does not have to mean more combat forces. The Afghan people are the ones that have been thrown under the bus by a long history of foreign “liberators”.

Anything the government does is political. How citizens interact with and try to influence their government is politics. Your support of the President on this matter is political.

Airing a contrary political opinion is not “bitching”. Some of us have spent a great deal of time and life energy attempting to become educated and responsible citizens I resent your attitude toward those who differ with your political opinion.

]]> By: dcrowe http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 dcrowe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:37:17 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1230 We all share the blame if we're in the 90 percent of Americans who supported the war in the first place. That, however, is no excuse to let continued bad decisions go unremarked. Bush is covered in guilt, and so are many of us. But so is Obama, too. We all share the blame if we're in the 90 percent of Americans who supported the war in the first place. That, however, is no excuse to let continued bad decisions go unremarked. Bush is covered in guilt, and so are many of us. But so is Obama, too.

]]> By: dcrowe http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 dcrowe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:36:07 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1229 That's an awfully large blanket you've got in your statement, there. That's an awfully large blanket you've got in your statement, there.

]]> By: dcrowe http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 dcrowe Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:35:35 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1228 Do me a favor. Instead of just asserting that this blog is filtering information and giving you a distorted picture and throwing up your hands and saying "what do we know," why don't you do some research and write an informed alternative. The above comment is, as you put it, just "rhetorical nonsense." Fill in some facts to back up your assertions, please. Do me a favor. Instead of just asserting that this blog is filtering information and giving you a distorted picture and throwing up your hands and saying “what do we know,” why don't you do some research and write an informed alternative. The above comment is, as you put it, just “rhetorical nonsense.” Fill in some facts to back up your assertions, please.

]]> By: stmclain http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 stmclain Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:18:04 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1227 It's ridiculous to throw Obama under the bus for this. What do we, living high (relatively) in our posh society, know about what's happening in Afghanistan. Only what this website wants us to know in order to froward their agenda and get your donations. There is a job that needs to be done and we need the experts to do their job. I believe they are.<br><br>How fickle is the 24/7 media numbed populous of the United States to abandon our President when he needs us the most? Obama was clear that this is not an escalation, but a support force to get us out. His decision has garnered support from NATO and many others in the world with pledges of aid. We need to stop politicizing everything and find real solutions to the real problems.<br><br>The more you bitch about things you don't have a clue about on a blog, the less relevant your opinion becomes. Let's have more substance and less rhetorical nonsense. Obama must filter this noise and do what he knows needs to be done to get to the finish line in Afghanistan. This decision shows he has done so.<br><br>I'm against all war, killing or harming of anyone or anything, now and in the future. That's why the situation in Afghanistan needs resolution, not abandonment. It's ridiculous to throw Obama under the bus for this. What do we, living high (relatively) in our posh society, know about what's happening in Afghanistan. Only what this website wants us to know in order to froward their agenda and get your donations. There is a job that needs to be done and we need the experts to do their job. I believe they are.

How fickle is the 24/7 media numbed populous of the United States to abandon our President when he needs us the most? Obama was clear that this is not an escalation, but a support force to get us out. His decision has garnered support from NATO and many others in the world with pledges of aid. We need to stop politicizing everything and find real solutions to the real problems.

The more you bitch about things you don't have a clue about on a blog, the less relevant your opinion becomes. Let's have more substance and less rhetorical nonsense. Obama must filter this noise and do what he knows needs to be done to get to the finish line in Afghanistan. This decision shows he has done so.

I'm against all war, killing or harming of anyone or anything, now and in the future. That's why the situation in Afghanistan needs resolution, not abandonment.

]]> By: stmclain http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 stmclain Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:02:47 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1225 Religion is the problem, not the solution. Prayers never helped anything. Religion is the problem, not the solution. Prayers never helped anything.

]]> By: brendagn http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1224 brendagn Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:58:44 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1224 you should have told bush to never start the war where were you then dont put this all on obama no i will not sign your petition.<br>dont send me anymore emails bad mouthing or going against the president again i am a supporter you should have told bush to never start the war where were you then dont put this all on obama no i will not sign your petition.
dont send me anymore emails bad mouthing or going against the president again i am a supporter

]]> By: June http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2009/12/time-to-stand-up/comment-page-1/#comment-1223 June Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:41:47 +0000 http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1058#comment-1223 No Hope, No Change<br>I believed in you Barack Obama, I campaigned for you, I funded you<br>You have betrayed me<br>More UnJust War<br>More Death<br>We will never be able to afford healthcare reform now<br>The Democratic Party was united<br>Now we are divided<br>Our victory was brief<br>You blew it No Hope, No Change
I believed in you Barack Obama, I campaigned for you, I funded you
You have betrayed me
More UnJust War
More Death
We will never be able to afford healthcare reform now
The Democratic Party was united
Now we are divided
Our victory was brief
You blew it

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