President Obama Afghanistan Speech West Point New York (December 1, 2009) [2/4]

President Barack Obama talks about the future of the U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u4eWnd9_NQ

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0Q2jPm54M

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpxNJIkT-tc

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[GeRzAwN]

I didn't know Kevin Garnett was in the armed forces. You can see him at 0:21. How does he juggle the military and the NBA at the same time?

[Gonji]

Body count in counting. Another 30,000 of talented people sent off to die for a lie. Obama you idiot.

[ghemminger1]

@LordotheMorning

What's sad is that the rest of the world is equally affected by terrorism, yet rides our coat tails when action is needed. Then, when things don't go as planned (which in military operations, happens), they throw mud at us...

we live in an ungrateful world for what the US has ALWAYS given the opportunity to others: freedom. Sounds cliche, I know, but what other Nation has sacrificed so many of its own citizens for the good of others?

None...

[LordotheMorning]

By the way, I've noticed how quick you've been to change the subject whenever I make a point that you can't refute. That's not good debate practice, and you should concede to the point if you have nothing else to say. Otherwise, you'll cast a pretty bad image of yourself.

[LordotheMorning]

I think you are a very bitter person and I'm starting to lose interest in replying to you. The question of who armed them is completely irrelevant. Even if it was a mistake, that should not effect the decision to eliminate a threat in any way. Sorry ,but apparently our administration isn't blessed with the ability to see the future the way yours obviously is. *sarcasm*

By the way, it's "The Taliban", not "The Talibans".

[gringodeltoro1]

If the Talibans have any powers it's because your fucking administration armed them during the 80's when they were fighting the Russian invasion. Get some facts yourself !!

[LordotheMorning]

This has nothing to do with "saving the world". This is a question of national security. Taliban presence in Afghanistan poses a direct threat to western civilization as a whole. We cannot allow a regime that sympathizes with terrorist actions to gain any sort of influence in the middle east. The Taliban was the group that had power in Afgh. during the initial 9/11 attack, and allowing them to stage a coup to will have disastrous results for anyone who isn't in the extremists good graces.

[LordotheMorning]

Because we haven't been involved in a war already for 8 or 9 years, and staying in for any additional time will slash the government's budget for everything else in half? FYI, our current national debt is about 60-80% of our national GDP. This percentage has been MUCH higher in the past, as high as 120% during FDR's presidency, and the US came out of WWII as a dominant world power. And you expect me to believe that we can't even SURVIVE a much lower debt? Get some facts, you have nothing.

[gringodeltoro1]

By next year, your schools, police forces, hospitals will probably be slashed in half. Your taxes are going to go up, unemployement will soar, food prices as well. You will then learn that you're not special, that your country doesn't need to "save" the world, and you will be wondering if anybody out there is actually willing to save you. You think the United States will survive the economic crisis? Think again.

[LordotheMorning]

We're spending billions so we don't get blasted again by sick fundamentalists. The 9/11 attacks alone did between billions and trillions of dollars in damage. The Taliban, a regime that sympathizes with Al Qaeda, is an insurgent group that is trying to usurp the current government in Afghanistan. The plan is to work WITH Afghan security forces and help them ELIMINATE the threat for our MUTUAL safety... We're not running around torching houses and shooting everything that moves.