WillKill4Food said:
Oh, really? Barack Obama called for 20,000 new troops to Afghanistan and authorized the deployment of 17,000 troops to Afghanistan on February 17, 2009 and an extra 4,000 later in the year to supplement the training of Afghan security forces. The extra 20,000 troops will increase the US presence from 32,000 to 52,000, bringing the total international troop presence to roughly 60,000.
I understand your point here Willkill. But this is a simple case of "do the math".
I see that President Obama will increase US troop strength in Afghanistan from 32,000 to 52,000. OK, that's a 20,000 increase. But at the same time President Obama is ENDING the Iraq war, which will bring 140,000 troops home.
That's 120,000 soldiers who will be able to come home. And that will be one senseless war Ended.
One thing at a time.
Willkill, you're too intelligent a person to be disingenuous. So please don't be.
Now, on to the fellow here who seems to rant a lot about Founding Fathers, and FREEDOM, etc.
Two things: First of all, don't confuse FREEDOM, with FREE TRADE, and the FREE MARKET. Free Trade, and the Free Market are warm fuzzy words that have results that are anything but warm and fuzzy. They are the buzzwords of the multinational corporations who couldn't care a damn about the American worker, or the Ameican family, or the future of America or its people.
You're waving the flag for the wrong people. The multinationals owe allegiance to NO COUNTRY. They don't give a damn about AMERICA. So stop championing Free Trade, and the Free Market.
Which brings me to my second thing: If you'd do any research at all, you'd see that the so called "Founding Fathers" were all about tarriffs and restrictions on imports, etc. in order to protect the American Economy.
Do the research.
When you champion Free Trade, as some kind of "Red White and Blue" AMERICAN thing.......well, it just doesn't make sense.
When those Corporate people talk about "leveling the playing field", and other similar statements with regard to Free Trade, what they are talking about is bringing the standards of living of America and the West even with the living standard of countries like India, China, Mexico, etc.
The only way to raise their standard of living is to lower yours.
Is that good for Americans? Or other Western nations?
So let me see if I got this right? I care about the American worker and his/her family, and care about their health care, and standard of living. I don't want to see their jobs exported overseas.
I am UN-AMERICAN because of that.
But on the other hand, some folks here champion Free Trade, and the Free Market, et. al. ...which means allowing the multinational corporations to export American jobs overseas, ruin the American economy, and lower the standard of living of Americans.
They are SUPER AMERICAN PATRIOTS!!!
Sorry, but it doesn't make sense to me.