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  1. @LeafsFan16 obviously they lack the Midas touch. 6:26 PM Dec 1st from web in reply to LeafsFan16
  2. //ELB// 5:52 PM Dec 1st from web
  3. Closing thought on the Obama speech: The speech demonstrates a lack of vision. Clearly a product of decision by committee. 5:51 PM Dec 1st from web
  4. Success vs al Qaeda required separating them from Taliban and creating rift between al Qaeda and their Afghan hosts. This plan does reverse. 5:45 PM Dec 1st from web
  5. Obama's plan ignores root causes of instability in that region. Fails to excise al Qaeda from Afghanistan and stem unchecked Islamism in Pak 5:40 PM Dec 1st from web
  6. Obama's plan in a nutshell: prop up Karzai + prop up Pak army + insert 30,000 US troops = success. Plan ignores history and reality. 5:38 PM Dec 1st from web
  7. This is Obama trying to dig himself out of the mess GWB left him. It is not a long term strategy for South and Central Asia. Opp missed. 5:35 PM Dec 1st from web
  8. The speech is winding down. It has been an extremely disappointing speech. In a sense, Obama punted. Disappointing. 5:32 PM Dec 1st from web
  9. Obama rejects open-ended commitment. That is of course a good thing. But this is also why occupations are doomed in Afghanistan. 5:30 PM Dec 1st from web
  10. Obama does not want to "muddle through" with current troop levels. Again, he is right. But, that again is not, and never has been, an option 5:29 PM Dec 1st from web
  11. Obama says Afghanistan is not Vietnam. He is right, but Afghanistan IS Afghanistan - and there lies the rub. 5:28 PM Dec 1st from web
  12. Obama says "there are a range of concerns" about Obama's plan. 5:28 PM Dec 1st from web
  13. Obama needs to study up on Pakistani military doctrine. Study 1971 and use of Islamist paramilitaries by Pak army. That has not changed. 5:27 PM Dec 1st from web
  14. The "cancer" in Pakistan is not limited to the "border regions". Once again, American misdiagnosis of Pakistan. Same old, same old. 5:26 PM Dec 1st from web
  15. Hard to get support from Afghan people with food while there are boots on the ground killing civilians - however inadvertantly. 5:24 PM Dec 1st from web
  16. Flashback to Soviet withdrawal: Afghan prime minister and defence minister shell each other over skies in Kabul. I see a repeat whn US out. 5:23 PM Dec 1st from web
  17. Obama's plan: 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to roll back Taliban and prop up Karzai. Doomed to failure. 5:22 PM Dec 1st from web
  18. Hmm: Obama says "to meet that goal, we will pursue the following objectives WITHIN Afghanistan". What happened to Pakistan? 5:20 PM Dec 1st from web
  19. Obama: goal is to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan". Good goal, but perhaps, bad plan. 5:19 PM Dec 1st from web
  20. Obama speaking of "partners" in the region. He means Karzai and the Pak military. Both bad bets. 5:18 PM Dec 1st from web