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.

[Ccolebrooked]

Yea cantor blows. He needs to get hit over the head with a lead pipe and re-educated.

[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.

[jovidman69]

Obama's is sitting on his thumb when it comes to Afghanistan. The war has clearly gotten out of control in the last 4 months with the Taliban re-taking large regions. July and August were the deadliest months of the entire war. Yet, today, Obama seems to think lobbying for Chicago Olympics in Copenhagen is more important than working on war strategy that he's been putting off for months. His first strategy put forth in March of this year has clearly failed.

[Mauhadeeb28]

I don't disagree that some spending was necessary, but the things they were spending it on would have never and did not help at all. We aren't in any better shape now. We are much worse because of it. Spending money to build Hotels and revamp yacht clubs.... that is a terrible waste of money in a time when people really need it.