Do you blame Obama for the loss of 60 American troops last month and 23 already this month in Afghanistan ?

I am, and old enough to know how we got there in the first place, why we were there and the reason we got out. I also am old enough to remember Korea. Same thing.

The difference between that and what we have today is that at no time was the United States in danger of attack. We entered those wars because we thought we were helping a friendly government to prevent their overthrow.
Today we have a completely different situation in that once we pull out the Taliban will move back in and it will be business as usual.

Do you recall 9-11. That ultimately is the threat we face today.

So does staying there mean that eventually we will win that war? Good chance we will not. We have not so far and the Russians went home essentially the same way. The United States now has some very serious enemies. They can and will not stop until they do all they can to bring us down. We must do all we can to prevent that.

However if you really want to know what we are up against, what Pakistan and Afghanistan are really like, find a copy of a book written by Greg Mortenson. It is called "Thee Cups of Tea". It is a story about one man's mission to promote peace, one school at a time. Greg is a very courageous man who, in the face of the Taliban, is making a difference by building schools, not war. At the time that book was written he had built 55 schools, mostly for girls, over a decade. He did this a great personal risk to himself. To do this he had to gain their trust and that is what the Three cups of tea is all about.

In the end it is the only way we will ever be successful. Until then the President must do what he has to do.

Please do not mis-understand me. I too would love it if we could walk away, save lives, and bring our people home. We will do that when, and only when it is safe to do so.

No, This war has been going on for over 10 years now. The President has been in Office for less than two. He is doing all he can for our troops and has a plan to bring them home in a year. I congratulate him and this administration and our soldiers for keeping the casualties of war down. Having 100,000 troops in action and 60 casualties last month and only 23 casualties this month actually commends the job our troops and commanders are doing. As the head of the nation and Commander in Chief in charge of bringing our troops home after our mission is complete the President is doing wonderfully well. This war was going on long before the Obama Administration. It was an embarrassment during the Bush Administration, and like in all other aspects, the economy, Wall Street, Health Reform, etc the President is taking the bad hand he was dealt and making the best he can of it so that the People have a chance to make their lives and their children's s lives better. Sitting on our laurel's as Monday Morning quarterbacks running down our country and its leaders is an abomination to me. I commend the President for all the heart and soul he is putting into doing the right thing for our country. Tearing him down and blaming him for political reasons nullifies what our troops are doing for our country and their mission. I would hope the people would get behind the President and our troops and get this war behind us. The sooner we work together for our country the better. The sooner we recognize that Barack Hussein Obama II is the President and stop fighting against him the better. Blaming him and attacking him while he is in office trying to help us, is like punching ourselves in the face then shooting ourselves in the head while our hungry children watched without any means of helping themselves.