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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (65097)	11/16/2009 6:24:06 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

this might be cynical of me, but they have been hungry for s very long time and will continue to be so. all the talk of money spent in Afghanistan is a bit of a ruse - some care about debt and just don't want to do it. some want to fight a war any way anywhere. but the two sides have something in common... we don't spend in Afghanistan? that won't help healthcare pass. it won't increase spending for the hungry here. the people who need help in Afghanistan are no different to most Americans than the hungry are in their own country - they are the other. oh, it is a fine thing to bring up the things we need to do here in order to make a case against spending elsewhere, but bottom line is... we simply won't help do it. here or there. we line the pockets of the rich by our wars. we line the pockets of the rich here. and as long as the middle class doesn't feel the pinch too much... they are satisfied.

To: tejek who wrote (65097)	11/16/2009 11:50:22 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

Bring ALL the troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan -- it costs close to ONE MILLION tax dollars each year for every troop member in those combat zones...Sorta crazy to continue those multi-billion dollar wars when we have so many hungry Americans, when we have so many millions of Americans without ANY health care coverage, when we are not funding our infrastructure upgrades properly, and when we have so much debt as a country. The bottom line is that we can NOT afford the blood and treasure it will cost to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and I have not seen a persuasive case about why we still need to be in those countries. No credible foreign policy expert has convinced me that it's mission critical to stay in Iraq or Afghanistan any longer.