Whose fault is Afghanistan?
Dick Cheney accuses Obama of "dithering," and the White House fires back
Dick Cheney poses with U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2005.
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Dick Cheney accuses President Obama of "dithering" instead of doing what it takes to win the war in Afghanistan. (Watch Cheney criticize Obama) Democrats say Obama is just deliberating carefully on whether to send more U.S. troops to fix problems the Bush administration created. (Watch Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs' response) Who's to blame for insurgent gains in Afghanistan?
Cheney-Bush had their chance and failed: The former vice president is one to talk, said Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post. The man who famously promised that Americans would be welcomed as liberators in Iraq has, "shall we say, a mixed record when it comes to war." It's fair for Democrats to ask why, "if the right path in Afghanistan were clear," the Bush-Cheney "failed to find it for seven years."
"Armchair Quarterbacks"
Obama's dithering could lose the war: Barack Obama "campaigned for two years on the promise to fight a more robust counterinsurgency strategy," said Ed Morrissey in Hot Air. Obama's own counterinsurgency specialist, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, says he needs more soldiers to win. Obama's cold feet could torpedo a winning strategy—it's "risible" for him to suggest now that "it's all Bush's fault."
"Dick Cheney rips Obama on the war"
Bush-Cheney were the real ditherers: "The Obama administration raised troop levels in Afghanistan and increased drone strikes in the region," said Adam Serwer in The American Prospect, which is a souped up version of the Bush-Cheney strategy in Afghanistan. "So Cheney is basically admitting that the Bush administration strategy was itself 'dithering.'" That's not "a strong point from which to launch criticism."
"Cheney admits to eight years of 'dithering' in Afghanistan"
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Posted by Ernie, Sunday, October 25, 2009, 10:27 pm Dick Cheney should shut up and let a real President do his job. Between Mr. Cheney, Mr. Bush, and Mr. Rove, it's hard to tell who the most despicable is, but at least two of them are the cause of our blunder into Afghanistan, based mostly on Mr. Cheney's cunning calculating, warprofteeringinspired lies. Someone should put him out to stud at the Chihuaha Stud Farm.
Posted by smalldickcheney, Monday, October 26, 2009, 11:51 am Dick head Cheney is a COWARD....He dodged the damn draft and he wants to go ahead and bullheadedly send more sons and daughters to die?Nobody should listen to this pompous old fart, why doesnt he get his son to enlist...neocons should all do the same, before you even speak on how good this war is, send your child first.
Posted by Maria , Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 12:51 pm I feel that if we didn't go after them that they would have kept on hitting us. So i feel that we were going to have been in this war with or without Bush. i don't care for Bush or Obama
Posted by f*war, Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 8:22 am Maria, if you are in support of the war then you should tell your husband or son to enlist....As well as anyone else who thinks war is the only way to solve things, stop talking and sign your lives on the dotted line.
Posted by Corey, Saturday, October 31, 2009, 2:00 am I fought twice, I was wounded and I'm still ready to go back just b/c i believe that i am doing something to protect our country and way of life. If a top General selected by our president determines we need more troops then there should be NO delay. Freedom isn't free and our country would still be getting attacked if someone didn't step up to the plate. We still have threats daily u know! I know you wouldn't understand i mean look at your screen name. Loser!
Posted by k. Cullison, Sunday, November 1, 2009, 8:50 pm I have a son in the Navy and I supported the hunting of Alqueda in Afganistan but just like Iraq Moral Diplomacy won't work. We cannot nation build and cannot hold the country that doesn't have an infrastructure no many how many troops we send. The Soviets tried and they were much closer geographically than we are, its time to realize that there is no such thing as a win in this war. We need to isolate groups that are hiding in Pakastan and use small attacks to get them or better yet use drones. Chaney talks of winning but what can we win
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