Posted on06 November 2008. Tags: military-industrial-complex, obama, war

Not even in office yet, Obama is already asking for more (Australian) troops to be sent to Afghanistan. Senator Obama has described Afghanistan as “the war we need to win”, in contrast to Iraq, which he dubbed “the war we need to end”. I guess this is the “change we can believe in”…
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Election night the pundits said Obama was a man who knew history. Apparently he doesn’t know the history of Afghanistan. No outside force has ever stood much of a chance of “winning” there.
He did campaign on this message for 2 years. Nothing new there, although I understand that maybe your point is more that you disagree with him, not that he’s being particularly tricksy.