Obama and Afghanistan

First off, I would like to say that any liberal Obama supporters out there who are pissing and moaning about the increased troop commitment in Afghanistan just need to shut the hell up. When he was campaigning for this job in 2008 and he SAID that he would increase the troop commitment in Afghanistan, were you not paying attention, or were you just so busy hoping for change that you didn't hear him?

You have to pay attention.

In his acceptance speech at the convention, he talked about how he argued for more troops in Afghanistan and said " I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan." In the first presidential debate, when asked if we needed more troops in Afghanistan, Obama clearly said "yes" while McCain rambled about not repeating the mistakes of the past. You know, like voting republican.

For the record, I oppose the mess in Afghanistan almost as strongly as I do the mess in Iraq. The big difference is that there WAS a time for us to go into Afghanistan militarily… and that was eight years ago when we had a snowball's chance in hell of catching Osama Bin Laden and bringing him to justice. I believe that chance is gone, and that we don’t belong in there.

All that I'm saying is "don't allow your own wishful thinking to change what the man said". He's not BREAKING a campaign promise, he's KEEPING one.

Also, can we please stop giving the right-wing mediacrocy crap about giving HIM crap for everything that he does? That's their job… that's how they keep their rifle-toting, Bible-thumping, shut-in viewers. The message was, is and shall remain "be afraid of the black guy". It's not going to change. And if you expect fairness from the likes of Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, then you're betting on a lame horse.