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To: coug who wrote (78969)	2/19/2009 11:33:57 AM
From: coug	Respond to of 89467

U.S. troops 'stalemated' in Afghanistan Top commander offers grim view of military efforts against Taliban WASHINGTON - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan offered a grim view Wednesday of military efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have "stalemated" U.S. and allied forces. Army Gen. David McKiernan also predicted that the bolstered numbers of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan — about 55,000 in all — will remain near those levels for up to five years. Still, McKiernan said, that is only about two-thirds of the number of troops he has requested to secure the war-torn nation. msnbc.msn.com

To: coug who wrote (78969)	2/19/2009 5:48:04 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

But remember Obama says "Afghanistan is WINNABLE", gees where did i hear phrases like that before. Coug you were a card carrying Obamaite, poms poms and all. You were a part of the HERD. Having doubts now? i can see it now, all the rah rah Obaimaites in a year DENYING they were, and denying they jumped on people like CG and i. i remained true to my word and boycotted this election en todo, refusing to indulge in the Herd that actually think this is a democracy. But this is a key matter, i want to confirm or not confirm that in Obama speech yesterday, which i saw on Bloomberg TV, was Obama blatantly lying???? Did Obama make a major blatant lie in his speech on mortgage aid or did he not lie?? This is a major question.(Obama clearly /firmly stated that all persons that lied about their finances and bought what they KNEW they could not afford, would NOT receive assistance(The Liar Loans). From a post i just made elsewhere <<To: Little Joe who wrote (76336) 2/19/2009 12:36:50 PM From: GONE1001 of 76368 OT: If this is correct via Spear Report this a.m. then Obama will have made a blatant lie in his speech. i need dig up a transcript of his speech, but i have certainty of what he said. Being a brutal cynic against all politicians, if i could confirm that what he said is NOT what is going to be done, i would be in a "i told you so" mode. Question is how can it be confirmed??????????????? TSR 2/19 "The government's new mortgage refi program, administered primarily by Fannie and Freddie, will not require verification that recipients of modifications were truthful on their original mortgage applications. Moreover, the wisdom of modifying loans is an open question. Most modified loans are delinquent again after 6-9 months." Max