Gibbs: Cantor Criticism of Obama's Afghanistan Strategy Review is "Bunch of Game Playing"

more at cspan.org, September 30, 2009

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[rickamabob13]

This is refreshing, a WH Press Secretary who actually directly answers a question. Unlike the previous admin., especially Dana "Queen of Spin" Perino.

[nt0xik8ed]

cantor's a bigger piece of garbage than limbaugh. i get sick of seeing his skeletal face in the back ground of every washed up republican photo-op. worst is the never ending stupid look he has on his face, like he's out of preparation-h

[vtwzy]

Attention: Robert Gibbs! You do not speak for the American people!

[adamkarmo]

9 months later, even after Gen McChrystal got his wish, he does not hesitate to criticize the Commander in Chief so clearly in a magazine article. I wounder what he would have done if some officer who is 5 ranks below him did the same to him! Just to demonstrate who runs our beloved country today and for a while!!!

If you check around the world, you will see that dictators all over the world, are military people who believe they know better than the democratically elected politicians.

[grady271]

I'm American akhenaty, fuck off. Your disgusting. Your country doesn't exactly rock every ones world etiher fucker.

[akhenaty]

Americans are just bunch of ignorants ..You guys don't get it ..There is no winning strategy in Afghanistan you guys should just leave the country and give it back to the Afghans so that they can build it...Bush was not able to win the war for 7 years and Now Obama is doing the same garbage as bush...Anyways...who the Hell is General Mc crystal ...another ignorant who thinks that he knows something abt afghanistan but doesn't even know his own country.......Disgusting...

[IvanRieker]

I am an Captain in the United States Army. I have served faithfully this country and my people, and I follow and have full faith in my brass' ability, however, what we do is complete what missions we are given. General McCrystal's advise is based on our current mission, if the President gives us ad new mission, we will do exactly that. Do not misrepresent us with your opinions. Debate as you will, but do not use us for sympathetic rhetoric. Thank you.

[roscoe85cj]

Obama puts his marxist domestic policy ahead of the lives of our brave troops in Afghanistan ...  hope the general frags his ass

[ASentinel2]

There was no plan for 30,000 additional troops to be added to the force in Afganistan till August of this year produced by Obama's hand picked General....

Now someone explain to Gibbs that we're not dumb enough to accept that this was Bush's fault because he 'left it on his desk' when the guy that wrote it last month for Obama wasn't even IN Afganistan till Obama sent him....

LOL

Obama's got more important things to do than stopping terrorism anyway! Chicago needs the olympics...LOL

[WKaliberr]

Carrie-Anne Moss

[jovidman69]

Quadfunk

Obama is the Commander in Chief now. He's responsible for making THE final military decisions.

[quadfunk]

You would be naive to think the "war" is being controlled by Obama or any other american for that matter. Its out of Obamas hands but americans dont understand that. This war is about Pashtun nationalism on the borders of India and Pakistan. Americas involvement is purely political. Sad but true. Lives will be lost for absolutely nothing. They are not out there for the protection of "freedom". That line is false, stale and insulting.