Petraeus 'Best Hope' for Afghanistan, but War Issues Looming on Capitol Hill

We need to get out of Afghanistan as soon as possible. Obama's deadline is good, because it tells Karzai exactly how long he has to stabilize his regime. It's a damn shame we ever sent our boys there to kill and be killed. Wether or not Afghanistan has a nice government or a nasty, radical-islamic kookdom, makes no difference at all to US security, and the people who claim otherwise are stupid or lying. The 911 terrorists didn't need Afghanistan for training or planning. A few guys in a room, anywhere in the world, could have planned it. The only training needed was done here in the US, that is learning to fly a big commercial airliner. The source of our terror risk is radical Islam, not any particular country. The best defense is to make it very difficult for anyone from a Muslim-dominant country to get a Visa to come here.

That's funny. During the Iraq war liberals were calling Gen. Petraeus, "Betrayus"...

Wars are fought with WEAPONS, talk, talk and more talk will NOT win a WAR!

the last thing obama needs now is trouble in the middle east that will for sure end his presidency and not on a good note.

Help the Afghans get the minerals out .Then we get out.

Put the warlords in charge of the business like we did in Japan after WW11.

First neither Stan McChrystal's now that he is relieved or Dave Petraeus will resolve the conflict in Afghanistan. Neither were combat commanders and neither fully understood the ramifications of how and why conflicts like Afghanistan surface. Since I knew both of these gentlemen quite well, I submit one of two things will occur. Dave Petraeus will meet the goal of pulling our troops out in July 2011 but Afghanistan will still remain a powderkeg for the future. The same situation is currently occurring in Iraq, which is slowly turning a 180 and will eventually revert back to its old tribal ways very shortly. The other piece is Dave will ask for more troops for the conflict and that will be a politically untenable position for our President. A clear and achievable course of action should be established to enable us to withdraw safely and Afghanistan to assume its own responsibilities.

Israel's Foreign Minister (also known as US Senator Joe Lieberman) is the AIPAC point man to have the US military provide defense for Israel. At what cost? Wake up America, the US Congress has been captured with pro-war Israelis. Our troops are fighting Israel's wars. Can anyone else see them?

Yep, hear the Taliban are buying Rolling Stone Magazines by the thousands! They are the right choice according to Taliban Spokesman Ali.... and the perfect place to have high resolution pictures of beheadings, recruiting posters and how to beat your wife articles and so forth.

Taliban Spokesman are also reported to say: "The pen is mightier than the sword who woulda thunk one little article could down America's best General its to much to believe. We think we can win the war with magazines like Rolling Stone. They are better than road side bombs"

An alliance with Al Jezera network is also belived to be in the offing for the esteemed allies of Al Queda and the Taliban. Rolling Stone magazine the "inky" warriors of Allah. May they and their little "articles" enjoy the 70 virgins awaiting them.

If the general knows how to pay down a mountain of debt( Mt. Everest) he should get into politics.

It is time that the civilians pull out of any Afghanistan discussions and leave the military alone in the prosecution of the war. There are times when they are necessary but now is not the time. Every time they open their collective mouths about the operations in Afghanistan they screw up some military operation. Putting a time table for the military to complete a mission might be good but you have to keep your mouth shut to the public about the time table. The last I heard giving aid and comfort to the enemy was called treason.

There was a time during World War II that G-2 stopped sending military information to the White House because they started finding presidental breifings in the waste baskets instead of being destoryed as was the policy at the time. It appears now that the inforamtion isn't being thrown out carelessly into the waste cans of the White House and State Department but being made front page NEWS because some can't keep they mouths shut.