Comments on: New Rumors of Obama’s Afghanistan Decision: More Troops or More Spin? http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:38:46 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2013023 Siun Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:30:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2013023 I have to say the Mac Crystal spelling is rather charming ... and I share your Pogues appreciation! Sorry to miss comments - ran out to get some dinner and ran into a waiter who forgot to put our order in for ... about an hour ... argh I have to say the Mac Crystal spelling is rather charming … and I share your Pogues appreciation!

Sorry to miss comments – ran out to get some dinner and ran into a waiter who forgot to put our order in for … about an hour … argh

]]> By: shekissesfrogs http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012954 shekissesfrogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:38:08 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012954 With all this change, you should head to the vending machine. With all this change, you should head to the vending machine.

]]> By: DrZen http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012949 DrZen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:35:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012949 When is the change going to start? Some of the hope was pretty audacious but where's the change? When is the change going to start? Some of the hope was pretty audacious but where’s the change?

]]> By: shekissesfrogs http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012946 shekissesfrogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012946 Heroin accounts for most of the GDP of Afghanistan - right through Karzai's No. 2. Profits made from extracting their resources will not go to any of the <strike>little people</strike> Taliban. Heroin accounts for most of the GDP of Afghanistan – right through Karzai’s No. 2.
Profits made from extracting their resources will not go to any of the little people Taliban.

]]> By: shekissesfrogs http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012927 shekissesfrogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:26:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012927 I read somewhere that they're out of bodies to throw into the meat grinder. They want them to have at least a year off because the personal toll on the surviving troops is too great. I think I remember something like only 11,000 is all that can be sent at this point. The mercenary business is booming. I read somewhere that they’re out of bodies to throw into the meat grinder. They want them to have at least a year off because the personal toll on the surviving troops is too great. I think I remember something like only 11,000 is all that can be sent at this point. The mercenary business is booming.

]]> By: PPDCUS http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012915 PPDCUS Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:20:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012915 Be careful of those trial balloons, LKN2. That's Texas' new state motto since W relocated to Dallas, "Remember the Hindenburg!" Be careful of those trial balloons, LKN2.

That’s Texas’ new state motto since W relocated to Dallas, “Remember the Hindenburg!”

]]> By: shekissesfrogs http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012911 shekissesfrogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:17:49 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012911 Who do the El Salvadorans hate? Or the cubans? Who do the El Salvadorans hate? Or the cubans?

]]> By: LKN2 http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012879 LKN2 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012879 The Obama administration is putting out the 40,000 number to judge the mood of the country before making a final decision. Politics as usual. Complain LOUDLY about the troop build-up and it might not happen. The Obama administration is putting out the 40,000 number to judge the mood of the country before making a final decision. Politics as usual. Complain LOUDLY about the troop build-up and it might not happen.

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012877 TheLurkingMod Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:01:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012877 watertiger is upstairs! <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/late-night-the-teabag-party-makes-it-official-but-still-needs-a-mascot/" rel="nofollow">Late Night: The Teabag Party Makes it Official, But Still Needs a Mascot</a> watertiger is upstairs!
Late Night: The Teabag Party Makes it Official, But Still Needs a Mascot

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/11/09/new-rumors-of-obamas-afghanistan-decision-more-troops-or-more-spin/#comment-2012874 SouthernDragon Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:57:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/?p=49688#comment-2012874 I guess edit didn't work for me. That should read Ft Benning, not Ft Gordon. I'm a sailor, what can I say. They all look alike to me. I guess edit didn’t work for me.

That should read Ft Benning, not Ft Gordon. I’m a sailor, what can I say. They all look alike to me.

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