Comments on: Dem to White House: Keep focus on Afghanistan http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/09/22/dem-to-white-house-keep-focus-on-afghanistan-2/ Tue, 12 Jul 2011 19:44:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: masmanz http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/09/22/dem-to-white-house-keep-focus-on-afghanistan-2/comment-page-1/#comment-544 masmanz Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:24:49 +0000 http://wire.antiwar.com/2009/09/22/dem-to-white-house-keep-focus-on-afghanistan-2/#comment-544 Then why are we in Afghanistan Mr. President? Isn't it time to bring the troops back? Hasn't AlQaida bugaboo grown too old? Can those two men hiding in the mountain could have doen anything other than issue a tape every few weeks? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tellingly, Obama reiterated in those interviews that his core goal is to destroy al-Qaida, which is not present in significant numbers in Afghanistan. He did not focus on saving Afghanistan. "I'm not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan or saving face," Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. Then why are we in Afghanistan Mr. President? Isn't it time to bring the troops back? Hasn't AlQaida bugaboo grown too old? Can those two men hiding in the mountain could have doen anything other than issue a tape every few weeks?
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Tellingly, Obama reiterated in those interviews that his core goal is to destroy al-Qaida, which is not present in significant numbers in Afghanistan. He did not focus on saving Afghanistan.

"I'm not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan or saving face," Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.

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