American forces losing control in Iraq

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Neo

He hasn't truly changed his stance, he just doesn't agree with the way the war is being handled. Changing position doesn't indicate weakness anyway, it indicates a conscientious thinker who won't blindly follow a path once he's realized he's made a mistake. I don't believe Kerry will be weak on terror, and I don't see how he can muck up things more than Bush has.

Uh, how can you say he hasn't changed his stance? First he voted for the war and supported Bush 100%, then when politics came into play he said that Bush did everything wrong, then he says that he'll have troops out of Iraq within 6 months of his presidency, and then changes it to 4 years 2 months before the election. You might say he's a conscious thinker, I say he doesn't have a clue what he's going to do and anything he says now will not be what he does once elected.

Ah yes, much like Bush manipulates the information coming out of Afghanistan to make it seem all nice and rosy, when international experts say the country is still under control by the drug warlords, our forces are insufficient, and women are more scared than ever.

1) Sources please

2) Does Bush own the media? No, in fact most of the news media are pretty blatantly against him, so how is Bush manipulating it considering the media is where we get our information?

3) Afghanistan just had the first ever democratic elections in the history of the middle east, in which the interem president won with a massive majority. Women are voting, which they never have before and there was little violence before or during the elections. But you're right, Afghanistan is failing...

I highly recommend you watch the movie Khandahar. It might open your eyes on why we should be over there a bit more.