[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Granted, there are other problems there, the largest being the Karzai government, but the Obama “surge” you reference has been in the planning stages for a while now.[/quote]
No it hasn’t. George W. McSame was talking about sending a paltry 4500 troops to Afghanistan. Obama just ordered the redeployment of 18,000 Marines with many more to come.
Saying that Obama is following the same plan laid out by Bush is like saying that a 1 KM Race-Walk with all elderly participants is equivalent to an Olympic Marathon. Are you sure you’re not a right-wing nutjob? You have about the same ability to distinguish between massive differences as a righty.