Four more of the same?

Summary



According to a story on msnbc , President Obama has ordered twenty one thousand more troops into Afgahnastan, bringing the total number of troops up to sixty eight thousand troops. When interveiwed, the president would not give a deadline for withdrawl of troops from Afgahnastan. Much like his predecessor, President Obama stated he would not base any war decisions on the polotics of the moment. According to polls, the american public, along with members of his own part and many others, all are very doubtful of a resurgent of the Taliban, they are doubtful of Afgahn leadership, and they are doubtful of the neccessity for american involvement in Afgahnastan.



Response


I find it somewhat ironic, that during his presidential campaign, President Obama repetedly attacked the Bush administration for not having a timeline to bring home the troops from Iraq. Obama's campaign platform claimed that his opponent John McCain, shared the Bush administrations veiw on the war in Iraq, and that if elected Obama said that he would create a defenite timeline to 'bring the troops home. Since being elected, the troops have not come home. All the president has done, was reduce the troops in Iraq and increase the number in Afgahnastan to the point where additional troops, over and above what had already been deployed, were 'neccessary'. President Obama repeatedly slandered John McCain, claiming that four years of a McCain presidency would be like four more years of the Bush presidency. In addition to no definate timeline to bring home the troops, Obama fiscal irresponsibility and bloated government spending has far overshadowed any single year spending of George Bush, or any other president for that matter. At the rate He is going, four more of the same might have been alot better for america than what he is unleashing. The taxes will inevitably have to increase to pay for this higher fiscal budget, which means less money to support our family's with. If the Obama national healthcare plan ever goes through, we most likely see 65% income taxes. That's what Britian sees with their national healthcare. Alot of people think that the nationalized healthcare is to help the people, but really it goes to help the medical industry. Working class people, which is most of us, will pay twice as much in taxes, which would be alot more expensive than their current healthcare insurance. So, the people aren't benefiting, but the medical industry, rather than having to reform their lofty expensive pricing, will instead have a government guarantee of payment. I personally couldn't live off 30 - 35% less income than I make now. I think there are very few of us who can.