President Obama's Afghanistan Speech pt.1

[hookalakah]

"Our president likes to be on both sides at once.

...In Afghanistan, he wants to go but he wants to stay. He’s surging and withdrawing simultaneously. He’s leaving fewer troops than are needed for a counterinsurgency strategy and more troops than are needed for a counterterrorism strategy — and he seems to want both strategies at the same time. Our work is done but we have to still be there. Our work isn’t done but we can go." --Maureen Dowd, New York Times, June 26, 2011

[iceprincessdelta121]

its funny how the likes and dislikes are seperated 50/50

[AtopaMesa]

The oath is to the Constitution-not to phonies. I'd walk out of that place and throw my uniform in the trash.

[111RobinHood]

9/11 an inside job! Did Obama tell the troops that America illegally invaded a sovereign state, Iraq? Did Obama tell the men that Bush can legally be tried as a war criminal under both national and international law? Did Obama tell the men that under the Patriot Act and other acts, American civilians are losing their democracy and civil liberties? Did he tell the men that the government is run by corporations and banks, whose Federal Reserve is robbing Americans and bankrupting America?

[mrblonde808]

Its ironic that he chose to give his speech there because soldiers overwhelmingly dislike Obama.

[hstone39]

Lies, Lies, Lies.

Notice the resemblance of the movie 1984 how the people was dress in the audiance watch the huge tv screen. Maybe that's the feel the new world order wanted to give us.

[xxramblingsxx]

Obama is saying he want's more troops fighting in 2010 and he wants no troops fighting and world peace at the end of 2011. He just won't grow up. We have a child for the commander in chief.

[lookitup3]

Stop criticizing Obama, he's just exploiting our potentials, people! What are we good for except fighting? 10 months in office seeing all the crumbling roads, failing schools, corrupted politics, it's reasonable how Obama (or all other Presidents) would turn to international affairs. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? CITIES? EDUCATION? HEALTHCARE? Give him a break, AT LEAST HE'S NOT GETTIN LOADS OF TRASH FROM HANNITY, LIMBAUGH, PALIN ETC NOW...

[bb44332211]

Look up the word "counterproductive" in the dictionary and you'll see word OBAMA. Like Cap&Trade; it'll cost the US thousands of jobs and shrink the economy. But Obama is great at talking, public relations, organizing summits, bowing to Islamic dictators, and protecting terrorists.

[YouSmellLikePOOO]

As you can see barack hussein obama is sending 30,000 US troops to the Middle East, at a cost of around $1 million for each troop.

Obviously, obama is just building up troops in the Middle East to eventually attack Iran and start WW3.

Nobel PEACE Prize??? Maybe we should give obama an Olympic Gold Medal because one day he might win that too LOL

[fakeBULL]

if we bulit a time frame wouldnt the remaining taliban just wait?

[joebidensanass]

That mean scary man, Michael Moore, doesn't like what Obama said.

[xxramblingsxx]

Obama really connects with people.

[madmiguelh2o]

yeah he makes great speeches. too bad he works for the MAN and defends the evil Cheney empire! Hes not a retard though so it's an improvement yeaaaaa!

[bb44332211]

I'm inspired.

[Ralledang]

I approve... Buffing up the force in Afghanistan and eliminating the enemy makes sense... I just hope he keeps his promise of getting out in 18 months.

[humanisall]

Yeah lets stay the same people. lets have wars with no end. those whowanted to fight in iraq in the first place, now have some sort of conscience now. give me a break. your jugdements are as sort lived as your attention span. For as much as people cry, they can not stop the momentum of where america is going. You can scream about how bad obama is but have no walk to back up your own whining. Is that your worth? Just to complain and cry the sky is falling?

[xxramblingsxx]

Obama has stopped spending and is now fiscally responsible. Oh wait, -- hold on a moment, -- I believe I had that backwards, in fact, now that I think about it, Obama just ordered more troops to Afghanistan. He loves spending blood and money when its not his own. He doesn't inspire confidence.

[wntoply6]

mr obama, i am a liberal/progressive democrat. you are WRONG!

[bb44332211]

When Clinton was in office, the military had Osama bin Laden in their sites, but Clinton failed to give the command to fire. He was too busy staining dresses and chasing skirts.

[hellomarkrodriguez]

He says one thing but his eyes say another.

[kennykenflo]

he ain't getting none from Michelle. busy schedule n all. poor guy, no wonder all presidents turn sour.

besides clinton. he got bj's in the office and viola... national debt gone!

[Roxz80]

Illogical assertion.

[lYesterdayAgainl]

SELFISH SELF LOATHING SPEECH

[playbak]

I wonder how many faces in the crowd are going to be erased due to Obama's decision?

[Roxz80]

Excellent and compelling emotional appeal. Combine this with logical appeal and you will convince people of a certain point of your interest.

[playbak]

Sending more young people to die to what end? What is the goal?...unattainable delusion.

The reality is a cowardly enemy hidden among the population. Overseen by a fraudulent government - the 2nd most corrupt govt in the world. Karzai will fall as soon as the US leaves, whether it be now or 10 years from now.

[LoryLandskipper]

This should shut up all those cry babies who bitch about him taking 3 months to make a decision.

[baigandine]

I think that's as many or more Senate votes as they had for World War II

[joebidensanass]

Bill Ayres is a terrorist and Obama's best friend. Obama want to protect the terrorists in Gitmo and elsewhere. He has no real intention of succeeding in hunting down terrorists.

[ReliableInsider]

joebidensanass,

I don't know you, so my first impulse is to be polite, but you sound as insane as bin Laden.

All of that is just Palin B.S. from the 2008 campaign. Even Palin and McCain don't believe it.

[Peelick]

@joebidensanass Ahh Bullshit!!

[ReliableInsider]

What people have to remember is that:

1. Osama bin Laden's whole point is that he wants the entire world embroiled in a completely pointless religious war,

2. Osama bin Laden is insane!

We should be doing the exact opposite: ending religious wars once and for all.

Look what's happening in Iran. They had an Islamic revolution in 1979. Now, in order to keep their citizens from rejecting it outright, they've had to turn into a completely corrupt police state and now a military dictatorship.

[kennykenflo]

Osama bin laden never claimed he want's anything of the sort. I think you have confused CNN with Fact.

[ReliableInsider]

kennykenflo,

How does bin Laden not want the world embroiled in religious war? That's his whole point. He wants to Islamicize the world and he fantasizes that knocking down two buildings will somehow further that goal.

Instead, of course, bin Laden ended up hurting every Muslim on earth. [Just as Bush hurt every American.]

Explain.

[kennykenflo]

no idea what gives you that idea. what is the evidence osama wants this? cnn? fox news propaganda?

[bb44332211]

The dems don't want to succeed in eliminating terrorists. They don't even want to eliminate the terrorists we're holding in Gitmo and other places. They don't ever want to hunt down their followers in America who log on to Yemen web sites.

[ReliableInsider]

The dems want to succeed in eliminating terrorists.

The reps want to recruit as many new members for bin Laden as humanly possible. The reps create more terrorists than they kill.

[bigvandave]

the kids at west point look like the empire in star wars lmao.

[kimdaviscali]

How long is the US going to use "On 911.." as an excuse to invade countries and violate the Geneva Convention? I'm so sick of hearing "on 911, 19 hijackers"...

[boots920]

Don't deploy until you see the long form !!

[kolya43]

obamas vietnam...

[streetswell]

Yes, let's just pretend the last eight years didn't happen, shall we?

[Tressco]

Falvor Flav knew then already...9/11 is a joke!

[RodneyAHampton]

"There is, I'm quite sure, a very clear strategy for our exit from Afghanistan. Unfortunately, it's the Taliban's strategy." -- John K. Fockler Jr., facebook user

[dhjn4214]

President Obama is right. Afghanistan recently has been subject to re-emergence of the Al-quaeda leadership.

[GLUGER]

Al-C.I.A.-da; c'mon people; this is all a joke... The OPIUM trade is a half trillion dollar commodity and growing. I have friends that just came back from Afghanistan and all they did was guard their precious poppy fields. Afghanistan has one resource of interest... 1000's of acres of poppy fields. So the OPIUM war continues. I feel sorry for all of those young children going in to WAR for all the wrong reasons. I will pray for their souls.

[Mclovinhefner]

wow just look at all ther faces

[xtme]

obama and liberals are a bunch of hypocrites and full of shit and think freedom is free throw all them out in the street t o die!

[kennykenflo]

care to elaborate?

[xtme]

lol ....

at least your willing to listen ...first off how the hell do you think we have everything we have ?

is it because we never fought a war EVER ?

[ReliableInsider]

Yes, that was the key.

While Europe was embroiled in endless war, we avoided "foreign entanglements".

America has avoided war when possible and only use it as a last resort when all other means of achieving peace have failed.

[ReliableInsider]

What did Osama bin Laden accomplish by attacking two buildings?

He turned some people against the -entire- Islamic world.

We should learn an obvious lesson from that. Violence doesn't accomplish anything. All it does is -create- enemies and -recruit- new members for Al Qaeda all around the world.

[ReliableInsider]

People think that just because something is really painful* that it must good for you. Well, pick up some hot coals.

* and the Liberals think it's an idiotic idea

[kennykenflo]

freedom is free. Hence the name 'free'dom. You are born with it. Its only when someone takes it away from you that you need to fight.

Not sure why I am arguing this. Seems silly. The native americans were free until the "americans" took that freedom and raped them of everything. So... what are we saying here?

[mnclesunkey]

I understand what you are saying but you are not born into freedom if you are born in most places inculding the USA.

If you are born in the US you are born with debt that you will work off to the government over time.

And blaming the "american's" for the native americans is a bit off. True, they played a big part but so did the British...pitting them against each other...

Not to mention they were fighting with each other before anyone else did anything. Warmongers. Just like most.

[rebjiii]

xtme........it is stunning how conservatives (like u) would criticize Obama for his afghan war strategy after being president for only 10 months....after rumsfeld, GWB and cheney screwed up the afghan war for 7 consecutive years....and then handed over the afghan mess to Obama just 10 months ago.

what u know about foreign diplomacy and war strategy....could fit into the reservoir tip of a condom.

[indiodemexico]

omg... sigh* its not about conservatives and liberals, that kind of rhetoric only serves to divide people. look at his actually policy. the face changed but its the same policy.

[nwodoom]

obama is a fascist puppet.

the american people need to wake the fuck up.

[prayfortruejustice]

30,000 bits of raw meat sent to the slaughter for corrupt and fraudulent end goals and purposes. Strategic interest to the US - like invading IRAN and protecting Israel, and keeping a pipeline open to the gulf for gas and oil.

Not my son or daughter you bought out PIG. Not my son and daughter. I would sacrifice my life and ask the same of my children to protect our sovereignty and Constitution - but not this.

When will this BS end?

He apposed the war in IRAQ? Then why did he vote for it?

[bigc028282]

Just the warmongerinchief

HOPE in one hand, BUSH in the other.

[prayfortruejustice]

There are TWICE as many private contractors (mercenaries) in Afghanistan than active military. (e.g.: Xe - a.k.a. Blackwater) They get paid 5x to 10x as much and have no rules of engagement.

[prayfortruejustice]

They (MIC, Banking Corps, Government pawns) lied, lying, more lies, still lying. Liar liar Liar Liar Liar ...

...lets do this speech in a venue where they will applaud no matter what the heck he says.

BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS this is all BS lying lies BS

Afghans are tribal based - they consider their government invaders as much as the US.

According to CIA Taliban gains local war lord support through payoffs, bribes, threats, etc. all at the local town-by-town level.

[prayfortruejustice]

Still playing the 9/11 fraud card. He is totally in the fold.

AlQaeda is a CIA creation. period.

2:48 98 to 0 Senate (ALL of them violating the Constitution) 420 to 1 in the House Only one upholding the Constitution (I can guess who the one might be... and it certainly wasn't Obama)

3:20 - not true - he is bending the truth the security council did not sign off on the invasion of Iraq

[CourageousM]

obama is a pice of shit

[kungfujones1]

Obama = Bush on steroids

He is a puppet of the New World Order.

He is a puppet of the military industrial complex.

He is a puppet the criminal banksters.

The man is a fraud.

THE ANSWER TO 1984 IS 1776

[CourageousM]

fuck obama and FUCK the NEW WORLD ORDER

[XwXCatwomanXwX]

Omg! The audiences looks like the guys dressed in the movie 1984!

[nickswan280]

Too bad those uniforms were designed before that book was even written

[vimzibaiegh]

The towers were not attacked by Afghanistan. Al-Quaida is an ideology. Killing civilians in Afghanistan will only fuel the hatred that encourages the ideology.

[yourboyken]

Will someone just listen to Ron Paul already! he was right about the war and he was right about Obama! Lets Get out of Iraq and Afgan!

[bigc028282]

Al-Quaida is a CIA created name.

[Tressco]

...meaning "data base"...

[bigc028282]

You are absolutely correct.

Not like the 400 Cray Research super computers that our chickenhawkinchief is allowing NSA to monitor, and archive, all telecommunications in the U.S either. To put that in perspective, wall street needs 4 for everything wall street.

The sheeple are a special bread. In there defense, they swallowed all the "his-story", instead of history.

[ATACXGYM]

@vimzibaiegh Now that enough time has passed to prove that Obama was right about this too...and bin Laden is dead...howzabout giving Obama his credit now? Thanks.

[braxtonmandy]

Read the book, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Really, I'm not joking, it is more relevant today than it ever was.

[tschmidit]

great book

[germzo84]

well... this country isn't a democracy, it's a republic, at least it's supposed to be

[SPARTAN293]

18 months seems way too short... i hope you know what you are doing obama cause I have no idea how you plan to pull this off

[BabybooR33]

unfortunately his reasons for continuing the war are pure lies cause 9/11 was an inside job...

[slesondak]

oh my god. no. just no.

[abettertitum]

i wonder how long conservatives can try to literally tank america before they realize that they are killing themselves if they dont show at least SOME support for both america and their president and their government. Far right wingers are the most unamerican people living in this country

[eikonklast]

@abettertitum Hypocrisy for sure. I recall the Bush bashing that took place for 8 years.

[abettertitum]

@Eikonklast ignorance...I recall Bush's approval rating soaring to 90 % when the attack on america happened. Democratssided with him because they put the country before themselves. DUH YOU JUST LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT NOW. Then,a fter Bush lied and botched the middle east and made america the most hated country in the world, his approval ratings justifably dropped. Conservatives like you really dont care about america, they only care about their own party. You are ruining this country.

[eikonklast]

I am clearly not the idiot since I don't need insults to make my point.

First, you make the assumption that I am a conservative or Republican because I opted to interject. You are incorrect. Secondly, you do recall all the negative signs on his inauguration, right?

If you post one sided comments be ready to be challenged and don't be so quick to react like a child.

[abettertitum]

Really then what are you, because you obviously are but your trying to act like your not to prove your point. You can hide behind a keyboard, sweet. And of course he had negative signs on his inauguration he stole the election with his brother giving him the state of florida and therefore the election. Any more brain-busters Rush?

[cheeseaura]

Neocon's originated in the left wing.

Your understanding of the left/right paradigm is flawed.

[PNACATTACKdotCOM]

"LEFT " wing.. there is no left wing named DEM

DEM = SA

GOP = SS

= NDSAP USA

[cheeseaura]

Kind of bad when you have to have a full audience of soldiers forced to applaud...

[dakotadenverdexter]

They are not "forced" to applaud...

[whynostop]

they are not forced to...they are just brainwashed.

[MrMP81]

3:42

The Taliban refused to turn him over because no evidence was provided to, ah, but you can't mention that, can you *shakes head*

[CivilRadiant]

If you want to know the truth behind all this smoke and mirrors you should watch a documentary called,

"The Power of Nightmares"

Available on Google video or torrent.