Town Hall Debate - Afghanistan: How would you change stra...

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SEN. OBAMA: I'll be very brief.
We are going to have to make the Iraqi government start taking
more responsibility, withdraw our troops in a responsible way, over
time, because we're going to have to put some additional troops in
Afghanistan.
General McKiernan, the commander in Afghanistan right now, is
desperate for more help, because our bases and outposts are now
targets for more aggressive Afghan -- Taliban offensives.



We're also going to have to work with the Karzai government, and
when I met with President Karzai, I was very clear that you are going
to have to do better by your people in order for us to gain the
popular support that's necessary. I don't think he has to be a
dictator. We -- we want a democracy in Afghanistan. But we have to
have a government that is responsive to the Afghan people, and frankly
it's just not responsive right now.


MR. BROKAW: Senator McCain, briefly.


SEN. MCCAIN: General Petraeus has just taken over a position of
responsibility, where he has the command and will really set the tone
for the strategy and tactics that are using -- I've had conversations
with him. It is the same overall strategy.
Of course we have to do some things tactically, some of which
Senator Obama is -- is correct on.
We have to double the size of the
Afghan army. We have to have a streamlined NATO command structure.
We have to do a lot of things. We have to work much more closely with
the Pakistanis.
But most importantly, we have to have the same strategy which
Senator Obama said wouldn't work, couldn't work -- still fails to
admit that he was wrong about Iraq

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[a1mint]

Obama clearly won.

McCain sense of entitlement makes him arrogant.

[evi90]

Obama won,and how,...

[youtwooob]

@TeslaSagan Do you know when you make big statements like this as facts that you should also back it up with evidence?

[TeslaSagan]

Did you know Barack Obama is blood related to the Bush family and Dick Cheney. Another interesting fact is that nearly every us president before has also been blood related. Does make you wonder.

[redeye15]

good post