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Open Thread: Carol Shea-Porter and the Majority View

by: Dean Barker

Thu Sep 09, 2010 at 06:38:59 AM EDT
Carol Shea-Porter, on Afghanistan, in part:
To be successful in the fight against terrorism and the Taliban insurgency, we must create a coherent strategy that works with and not against Afghanistan's tribal structures.  I believe this means using a strategy with a light footprint, one that actually succeeded at the beginning of our engagement in Afghanistan, when relatively small numbers of Special Operations forces worked with Afghan tribal militias to throw the Taliban from power and literally chase them from Afghanistan.  I support shifting our resources to such a strategy-which I think is likely to be more successful than one with a heavier footprint.  An approach with 35,000 additional US and allied troops will not only be costly, in lives and in treasure, but I fear it will be counterproductive.  If Afghans resent our increased presence, as can easily happen with the heavy footprint approach, they will be even more inclined to support the Taliban insurgency.
Less than a month ago, 63% of Americans polled by CNN/Opinion research said they opposed the war.

This is an Open Thread.
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Joe McQuaid: (0.00 / 0)
http://www.unionleader.com/art...

So it turns out that U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte's pro-life "win'' before the U.S. Supreme Court actually cost the taxpayers of New Hampshire a whopping $300,000, payable to the "losing'' pro-abortion Planned Parenthood.

Me:

http://birchfinchbeech.tumblr....

in sarah palin and kelly ayotte's world,

the "winner" (quietly) pays the "loser" $300,000.00

Strange days.



birch, finch, beech

Must Get Out Of Afghanistan (4.00 / 1)
For the past four years I've been blogging on www.BlueHampshire.com that we need to get out of Afghanistan.  Afghanistan became the backup war for Democrats in the 2008 election cycle as we made the case to get out of Iraq sooner than later -- Democrats saying that Afghanistan was where we needed to engage, not Iraq.  I guess we didn't want to sound "soft" on terrorism so we accept Afghanistan as necessary compared with Iraq.

In either war, we're killing people -- our own, and others.  Neither war action was necessary.  

Can't Democrats come together now, at least now that it has become the majority viewpoint, to say that we have to get out of Afghanistan?  "Surging" with more troops there just puts more targets on the ground.  

There have to be better ways than to use more bombs and bullets and missles that just create more people who hate America and Americans.  It makes no sense.

Random Thought (0.00 / 0)
The NH media got the cat fight they wanted.

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com
because two women (4.00 / 3)
disagreeing while debating in public has to be classified as a "cat fight?"

Random Observation: this is how dismissive gender stereotyping is perpetuated.


member of the professional left  

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We Agree (0.00 / 0)
My comment is a condemnation of the frame the two women were confined to, by the media.

Of course, by condemning it, I mentioned it. Thereby, perpetuating it. The world is so complicated.

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com

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WMUR's Coverage (0.00 / 0)
Focused on the mosh pit.

www.KusterforCongress.com - www.paulhodesforsenate.com

www.nikitsongas.com - www.devalpatrick.com
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In Mexico, no one can hear you scream (4.00 / 1)
A chilling report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

http://cpj.org/reports/2010/09...

More than 30 journalists and media workers have been murdered or have vanished since December 2006. As vast self-censorship takes hold, Mexico's future as a free and democratic society is at risk.

(Hat tip to Mediabistro)

I may do a more detailed diary at some point, but I wanted to share the link.


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