Obama to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan

[asubimmer]

I think we need a new rule. You have to be a US citizen to converse on topics relating to the US ;)

[Maluco]

I think we need a new rule. You have to be a US citizen to converse on topics relating to the US ;)

as long as I can quit paying taxes....

[asubimmer]

as long as I can quit paying taxes....

most of Obama's appointed don't, why should you?

oh and my comment wasn't directed to you either. I was thinking mostly of a country a little north of here.

[iamsam]

why can't we Americans gripe about China's government or something? they are a superpower aren't they?

[blunttech]

Criticize, good call. Everyone can bitch all they want that this happened but, if we had elected a republican this would have happened faster and more troops would have gone but it would have been okay to you and all the other obama bashers. Also a lot of republican praised it as a good idea when bush issued a troop surplus, but when obama does its time to raise hell? Honestly at this point I just kinda sit and wait for the next way you will find to criticize the man, its quite comical.

whats quite comical is his entire fucking presidency. its comical till you start adding the cost up. you fuckers are completely blind. and bush is gone so quit bringing him up but for the hell of it lets compare bushes spending to this morons if you must

[Massive Lee]

I think we need a new rule. You have to be a US citizen to converse on topics relating to the US ;)

So, who's gonna give you the straight news? ABC, NBC and Fox? :pimp:

[asubimmer]

So, who's gonna give you the straight news? ABC, NBC and Fox? :pimp:

What rock do you live under? What news station doesn't have any bias? Are personal opinions illegal in Canada or something?

[iamsam]

I think we need a new rule. You have to be a US citizen to converse on topics relating to the US ;)

i don't see why the non-US citizens can't gripe about the US gov't, i just don't see how they are so interested in it, as they aren't directly affected by it.

[joshh]

About fucking time.

[Fast Frankie]

Let's pretend you buy a used car and find out it is not as good as you thought. So, you put money to fix it. And more. And more. Then you realize you may have put a lot of dough. What do you do then? Stop wasting money, trash the car and endure a huge loss? Or do you keep on spending money until the car is half presentable and sell it to an unsuspecting buyer to take over with the all the problems?

excellent analogy.

[asubimmer]

Let's pretend you buy a used car and find out it is not as good as you thought. So, you put money to fix it. And more. And more. Then you realize you may have put a lot of dough. What do you do then? Stop wasting money, trash the car and endure a huge loss? Or do you keep on spending money until the car is half presentable and sell it to an unsuspecting buyer to take over with the all the problems?

so are we selling our free market to iraq and buying a new socialist system from russia?

[Aptyp]

The best part about this thread, is that regardless of political party affiliation and disappointment in "hope" and "change", we all agree that Canada sucks balls, we don't give a fuck about that piece of shit of a wasteland and their "loonie" opinions.


Obama's actions right now show exactly what Bush was being bashed for. Military personnel and on-the-ground generals know the situation, and all of the military advisers can really sway your opinion on such topics. What upsets me, and this isn't just about Obama, is that a politician runs his mouth to be elected never fully understanding something. Congress did the same thing about Iraq war, they all cried crocodile tears after 90% of the congress didn't read any memos, but voted for military action.

Again, Obama is just proving that being a politician and being a leader often contradict each other. He's trying to do what's best for the country, even though he may fundamentally oppose it.

[iamsam]

Obama is really a closet Conservative. That's gotta be it. He just pretended to be a flaming Liberal to get elected.

[LBJefferies]

What rock do you live under? What news station doesn't have any bias? Are personal opinions illegal in Canada or something?

NPR and BBC are pretty damn good.

[Massive Lee]

The absolute stupidity and ignorance from a few teenagers here is absolutely stunning. I wonder if they travelled even further than their county line... Because if they did, they would have realized that whatever happens in a country always affects another. The same dumbasses seem to also have forgotten that in their Afghanistan failure, they brought a few other countries with them.

So as for the little fuckhead you suggested that US affairs shall only be commented by US citizens, I'd remind him that as the US have brought many other countries in their shit, the other countries have the right to comment on the debacle. Canadian, British, Dutch, Afghan soldiers have died too, because Rumfeld didn't act up. So shut the fuck up and start using your brains.