tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779254612265342114.post7018554168844429157..comments2023-09-02T07:32:46.439-07:00Comments on Quriltai on the Shore: A year agoQuriltaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05899113009557697341noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779254612265342114.post-82449901842044806512009-12-30T23:16:22.556-08:002009-12-30T23:16:22.556-08:00To be fair you should've seen this coming. Oba...To be fair you should've seen this coming. Obama never promised a withdrawl from either theater by the end of his first year, and he made talk about staying in Afghanistan through his first term throughout the primary and general election. Arguably he was more hawkish on both wars than Clinton, he only appeared more dovish since he opposed the initial invasion in the first place. And he was always more hawkish on Afghanistan promising to stay until 'the job was done'. I completely agree with the sadness these wars are imposing on our military, family friends lost one son (on a US base, but he would've shipped out to Iraq) and a different group of friends have an injured son (he got his wounds in Kosovo-but would Army Reserve troops be there if our military wasn't stretched so thin by Iraq and Afghanistan?). I hope and pray the President can begin divesting himself of this costly gamble and realize its better to exit now when we at least have some tangible results (Iraq stabilized, AQ out of Afghanistan) then two to three years from now when we'd have lost more with worst results.James Patrick Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844266124108163003noreply@blogger.com