MSNBC'S LAWRENCE O'DONNELL BLASTS LIZ CHENEY FOR KNOCKING PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR GOING TO DOVER AFB

Liz Cheney is a chip off the old block. She is rabble-rouser and trouble-maker and even worse than that she is IGNORANT.

Cheney went on a right wing radio show hosted by former FOX NEWS blabbermouth John Gibson and ripped into President Obama for going to Dover Air Force Base to pay his respects to military personnel lost in the Afghanistan War.

Liz Cheney's father, former VP Dick Cheney, NEVER went to Dover Air Force base and used five deferments to avoid military service during the Vietnam War.

O'Donnell doesn't spare any words in trashing Liz Cheney for her petty remarks about President Obama.

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MEMO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: AFGHANISTAN IS NOT WORTH THE LIFE OF ONE MORE AMERICAN: GET OUT NOW

This blogger has been blogging about the wars in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN for almost two years now and more than 300,000 people have visited my blog.

I have seen a lot and learned a lot about both conflicts.


President Obama is faced with a major decision regarding sending upwards of 40,000 more US men and women into Afghanistan.

The Republicans and all the talking heads on radio and TV want Obama to send the troops that Gen. Stanley McChrstal wants to wage the war against the Taliban.

The truth of the matter is the Republicans want more troops sent to Afghanistan so they can then say the Afghanistan war is "Obama's war."

History has always been a great teacher and when you look back at the history of wars in Afghanistan you will find Alexander The Great could not defeat the Afghans. The Britsh and Russians tried, but were also doomed to failure.

The argument put forth by the Republicans is that it is in the interest of United States security to bring down the Taliban in Afghanistan.

But is it really?

There is no such things as "winning" in Afghanistan because the country is divided into scores of tribal groups without any one group in charge of the destiny of Afghanistan.

The government of Afghanistan is in shambles and this week we learned the President of Afghanistan, Harmid Karzai's brother, is a war lord and in charge of the opium trade in Afghanistan.

Are we supposed to send our young soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan to try and beat the Taliban when in the end all we are doing is propping up the opium trade and Karzai's brother and his drug cartel?

Some military observers say it would take 10 or more years to defeat the Taliban and in the course of the battle thousands of US troops would be killed and injured.

The reason the Bush administration invaded Afghanistan was to find and kill Osama bin Laden, but that was nearly eight years ago and most people feel he has slipped across the border into Pakistan and is hiding out in the rugged mountains of that country.

The other argument the Republicans present is Afghanistan could become a training ground for Al Queda, but Al Queda is now spread out all across the mid-East and Europe and even have cells here in the United States.

The terrain of Afghanistan is a brutal place to fight a war. It is all mountains and caves and to add to the misery winter is coming to the country and our troops will be bogged down in freezing weather much like the German Army was when they tried to take Russia during World War II.

President Obama may have made a campaign pledge to continue the war in Afghanistan, but nowhere is it written he can't change his mind and decide the sacrifice of thousands of young Americans is not worth it.

President Obama: Get out NOW.

You will take some heat from the Republicans, but so what. Most of them don't have a family member in the military and they haven't got a dog in the fight.

Editorial comment by BILL CORCORAN, editor, CORKSPHERE: http://corksphere.blogspot.com
Email: corkcol@aol.com

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA SENDS MORE US TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN

Bulldog Troop, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT, 25th Infantry Division - September 2009, Afghanistan [...: FK-TK :...]

This is the type of video you can expect to see more of on your TV after President Obama decides just how many more troops he is going to send into the quagmire of Afghanistan.

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VIDEO SHOWS WHAT MORE US TROOPS WILL ENCOUNTER IN BATTLE WITH TALIBAN IN AFGHANISTAN

ON TOP OF A MOUNTAIN WHEN I NOTICED A WHITE FLASH IN THE DISTANCE, A CAMP WAS BEING ATTACKED WITH MORTAR'S BEING FIRED BY THE TALIBAN IN THE MOUNTAINS NEARBY, YOU CAN SEE THE INCOMING HITTING THE CAMP AND THE OUTGOING HITTING THE TALIBAN WITH A GRAND FINALEE LIGHT SHOW USING NIGHT VISION. 1/221 CAV LAS VEGAS NV PRT KUNAR SECFOR

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WARNING: Graphic night combat battle with strong language

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