FAMU CLIFF
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I asked what HIS beliefs were. I understand all that you're saying with wars and killing innocent people, blah, blah, blah (not that agree/disagree...but I understand). But Anonymous said, "he's sticking to his beliefs" and I asked what "his" beliefs were.
Just b/c someone says, "Wars are bad" doesn't mean a whole bunch for me to be like, "he's sticking to his beliefs". What if all of his other "beliefs" suck...but good thing he's sticking to his beliefs on wars huh?! :emlaugh:
But back to what you're saying...
President Obama didn't start any of these wars and yes, in a make-believe world, it would be nice if he just came right in office and said, "we're ending the war. Pull everyone out RIGHT NOW". But you, me, and Lupe all know it doesn't work like that nor is it that easy. Even if he said to pull everyone out right now...it still wouldnt' happen.
I dont' have an issue with criticizing President Obama but most times folks criticism isn't even realistic.
I know it doesnt work like that. But I know because of the reason we are over there. There are tens of billions tied to those poppy fields. Hundreds to the pipeline and and minerals in the country.
WASHINGTON — The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?pagewanted=all
Afghanistan hopes to strike a deal later this month to build a $2bn pipeline through the country to take gas from energy-rich Turkmenistan to Pakistan and India.
Afghan interim ruler Hamid Karzai is to hold talks with his Pakistani and Turkmenistan counterparts later this month on Afghanistan's biggest foreign investment project, said Mohammad Alim Razim, minister for Mines and Industries told Reuters.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/1984459.stm