The death of Osama bin Laden has led to another push by Congressmen to force an end to the war in Afghanistan. One decade into the war, many see the death as a chance to “declare victory” and leave before the situation gets any more out of hand, and see little justification for the open-ended conflict.
At the same time, most of those Congressmen seem to agree that the push is doomed to failure, with the Obama Administration and the leaderships of both parties united in their aversion to any meaningful policy changes.
Indeed, a number of those officials are citing bin Laden’s death as vindication for the disastrous conflict, and don’t seem willing to even let the issue of defunding the war coming to a vote in the near term.
Congressmen are increasingly split from their leaders on the issue, but so long as that party leadership remains united in their belief that ending the war is too politically risky, no one expects any real headway.
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Wake up they basre trying to take over thje world the last thing they want is to do what is right.Depleted uranium kills people billions of years later.In Afganistan and Iraq they now longer ask when there kidsd asre born if it's a boy or girl they ask if it's ok or deformed.I strongly suggest al;l people watch Beyond Treason just to see how evil America is.Now country in the history of the world has come close inclding Hitlerr as bad as he was he looks like Jesus when compared with the US of A.
Brand new people suddenly want to get out of Aafghanistan. Severa;earier bin Laden internet postings appeared to be coming from a cave as if a dialisys machine could be in a cave, so he sicked the US on ;the Tribal areas just like he sicked the US on Afghanistan to stop the Northern Alliance from overthowing the Taliban. Remember anyone old enough that milantcy was d ieing before bin Laden started useing the US to radicalize the Muslim world,
The wicked witch is dead let's start cheering. Not that a trial would be a little better, also the US could have ocupied the place and told no one while they casually shifted though the inteligence, with his supporters wondering where he was.
Please join in the releaf most Amerians feel and move toward the releaf we will all feal we peace comes.that peace will now bring, http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/21-21/5…
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