Believe it or not, most Democrats AGREE with the War in Afghanistan. Why can't you believe that? Is it because it seems that Democrats might actually agree with Bush on something? The truth is, there are many Democrats that believe that Afghanistan is the place we should be. People are talking about us abandoning Iraq? What about Afghanistan, where the most dangerous and threatening terrorist to America is? We've seemed to have forgotten about that war. Do you really ever hear it being talked about that much? People need to stop making uneducated accusations and do some research. Because people like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have come out saying that we should work harder in Afghanistan. Sorry, but it makes you look really stupid when you say Democrats "deny" the threat of terror, when in fact, we are fully aware of the threat. Why is it so hard to believe that?
2007-10-08 17:24:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Barack Obama on Afghansitan
http://www.barackobama.com/2007/07/14/obama_shift_troops_to_fight_al.php
Hillary Clinton on Afghanistan http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/11/27/clinton.afghanistan.ap/
2007-10-08 17:24:54 · update #1
Most Democrats are against the Iraq War, yes.
2007-10-08 17:29:39 · update #2
"However, Iraq is just one tiny faction in the overall WOT." Well, shouldn't the war in Afghanistan receive the same amount of attention as Iraq? If you are right, then we should have way more troops in there. We don't have nearly enough troops there, and never have. The leader of Al Qaeda is in either Afghanistan or Pakistan! That region should be the front in the "WOT"
2007-10-08 17:51:17 · update #3
"...but they don't seem to supply policies of how to deal with it." You obviously DIDN'T check out the links I provided. Is re-deploying troops from Iraq to Afghanistan NOT a policy...? Barack Obama has said we should take some troops out of Iraq and put them in Afghanistan where the War on Terror should be fought.
2007-10-08 17:54:23 · update #4
The Dems have always been in favor of fighting and defeating terrorism.
We just know that Iraq was not a stronghold for terrorists until we decided to destabilize it.
We just know that the man we should be hunting down is Bin Laden.
We just know that fighting terrorism is best done by fighting terrorists - not creating new ones.
2007-10-08 17:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Sageandscholar 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Clinton took terrorism more seriously than the Republican Congress. Clinton took pro active measures and his proposals were thwated by a Republican Congress as too expensive. After nine months of Bush's inattention to Clinton's, Clarke's, and Rice's warnings we suffered the worst bereach in security in American history. Everything after 911 was reactive. When we went into Afganistan liberals and conservatives were united as one country. Iraq had nothing to do with 911. We still haven't captured or killed Osama. There have been no significant trials or convictions for 911. Most liberals want to redeploy the troops away from a lose/lose Civil War to a meaningful and effective fight against terrorists.
2007-10-09 00:46:13 · answer #2 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Libs do realize the threat of terrorism, unfortunately some people don't have the ability to understand that we believe exactly as one of collin powell's assistants, and think that covert operations are the best way to deal with an enemy that stays in the shadows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLO50VtqyPw
argue with the retired uniform is this video. is he also a libs, or a "fake soldier"?
2007-10-09 00:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your last statement, "Most democrats are against the Iraq war, yes" is the defining statement that would conclude the reason that Democrats oppose the WOT, simply because the Iraq war is the main front to combatting Terrorism in the greater Middle East, due to oil supplies that Iranians, Syrians, and others are looking to plunder.
Make no mistake about it, Terrorists do not like to see Democracy nor any such prosperity of the masses succeed.
However, Iraq is just one tiny faction in the overall WOT, the WOT includes all countries and thier goal is World-Wide Jihad.
Until Democrats wake up and realize this, no other explanation can be given that they are "for" or "against" such dilemma of danger.
2007-10-09 00:38:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jeremiah Johnson 7 7 · 1⤊ 6⤋
Democrats don't deny the threat of terror, but they don't seem to supply policies of how to deal with it other than attack the war in Iraq and in doing so help terrorists in the propaganda war.
2007-10-09 00:47:31 · answer #5 · answered by knowitall 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Most democrats I know are against the war and want the troops out immediately. I beleive them because I just take them at their word.
2007-10-09 00:28:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Because then their lie about liberals being on the side of terrorists would be exposed for what it is.
2007-10-09 00:29:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
there more worried about the terrorist in office
2007-10-09 01:01:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i fully realize the lib Bush don't realize the threat
2007-10-09 00:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by here to help 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
dude... your wasting your time, believe me. Let them continue to implode. I was worried about 08 for a while, but now as the true colors bloom, I have regained stability. They think America will really vote in a socialist as president. Well bless their hearts.lol
2007-10-09 00:33:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋