# Obama's wrong about Afghanistan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-wrong-about-afghanistan/507062>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 20, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-wrong-about-afghanistan/507062 "2009-08-20T12:42:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-wrong-about-afghanistan/507062/121 "2009-12-12T00:04:01Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Obama’s risk is going against the military. We pretend they are experts while they are wrong over and over. But in America they are our heroes. **The Generals are thinking of promotions, retirements, working for military contractors and running for office.** They have a terrible track record. It takes a lot of guts to refuse what the generals want. People forget how often they are flat wrong. Tell the generals to close about 800 bases across the world and pack up their toys and come home.

[emphasis mine]  
Check out [Networks Still Hosting Military Analysts Without Identifying Massive Conflicts Of Interest](http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/12/11-7).

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-wrong-about-afghanistan/507062/122 "2009-12-12T03:37:22Z")

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I am familiar with that crap. We trust thieves. We always have. The financial geniuses that caused our banking disaster were chosen to fix it. How dumb was that?  
The generals always want more troops and money. We have not won a conflict in generations ,but we keep listening to them. How many times do they have to be wrong before you quit asking their opinions. They work for and are bribed by the military contractors. It has not been hidden. Most people know it. But we don’t want to admit that the people in charge of our military and our safety don’t even work for us.  
The senators who are debating the health bill should have a box under their name on the TV showing how much they take from the insurance and Pharma industries while they are at the podium.

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**Author:** ![Dick\_Dastardly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@Dick\_Dastardly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dick_Dastardly)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-wrong-about-afghanistan/507062/123 "2009-12-15T00:51:26Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Obama’s risk is going against the military. We pretend they are experts while they are wrong over and over. But in America they are our heroes. The Generals are thinking of promotions, retirements, working for military contractors and running for office. They have a terrible track record. It takes a lot of guts to refuse what the generals want. People forget how often they are flat wrong. Tell the generals to close about 800 bases across the world and pack up their toys and come home.

Yep. Duty, Honor, Paycheck.

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