Afghanistan Combat Ops to end by 2013
 

Per Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Defense will also draw down 22k troops by this Fall.

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/world/asia/panetta-moves-up-end-to-us-combat-role-in-afghanistan.html?_r=1&hp[/url]

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another case of O doing what he said he would

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[quote=dmek25;881069]another case of O doing what he said he would[/quote]

Yeah man. It's such a long list, I can't keep up. :doh:

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[quote=dmek25;881069]another case of O doing what he said he would[/quote]

Like closing Guantanamo Bay and fixing the economy?

Please....................

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[quote=GMScud;881073]Yeah man. It's such a long list, I can't keep up. :doh:[/quote]

I don't think Obama has done as bad a job as George W. did in office, but it's really annoying when people go out of their way to praise him or hate on him.

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he's been meh as president. not great, not terrible, just meh.

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The 'Apology Tour' set the tone.

Can't go soon enough for me.

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[quote=mooby;881153]I don't think Obama has done as bad a job as George W. did in office, but it's really annoying when people go out of their way to praise him or hate on him.[/quote]


Amen. I think you and I have the same view on politics (at least that's what I remember). I get SO TIRED of people from the extremes of both sides thinking that "their guy/girl" are going to fix things.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;881319]Amen. I think you and I have the same view on politics (at least that's what I remember). I get SO TIRED of people from the extremes of both sides thinking that "their guy/girl" are going to fix things.[/quote]

Not sure if the same view or not, but I generally think both sides of politics are stuck in a never ending war that is only hurting the people in the end. And yes, fanatics from both sides annoy me.

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[quote=mooby;881327]Not sure if the same view or not, but I generally think both sides of politics are stuck in a never ending war that is only hurting the people in the end. And yes, fanatics from both sides annoy me.[/quote]

Yup, that sounds about right. :)

Each group are the most stubborn I've ever met with any opinion on ANYTHING.

I tend to identify more than liberal ideas than conservation, and if you were to put me in a scale of 1 being liberal and 10 being conservative, I'm 3.5. Like you, I get so annoyed by the fanatics? If your "person" gets in office (and likely your person has been there in local/state/national government) how long do you ****ing give them because it's all the same?

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[quote=mooby;881327]Not sure if the same view or not, but I generally think both sides of politics are stuck in a never ending war that is only hurting the people in the end. And yes, fanatics from both sides annoy me.[/quote]

It's better than having a dominant-party system, which what constituents of both parties are striving to achieve. In such a scenario, one of the strongest ass-prodding tools--the threat of losing to the opposition in electoins--is lost and thus holding the leaders accountable would be even more difficult to uphold than in our current system. This country will head south real quick if a truly dominant party establishes itself.