Minnesota Democrats in Congress react cautiously to Obama plan

Only two options to choose from:
worse and less worse.

It no doubt was the right decision, both
liberals and conservatives were offended equally.

The Bush surge seemed to work in Iraq.

Maybe the Obama surge will work in Afghanistan.

If Bush would have given this speech “the left” would be “outraged.”

It is fun to see the media “fawn” and “spin” for Obama.

Well I quess it's 'Minnesota Nice' again folks...when "cautious" is the word among our state representatives?

Klobucher is cautious indeed...taking a wait-and-see attitude which is beginning to sound as meaningless as Bachman's cage rattling rhetoric (Why not leave her out of the media crawl more often? She's not worth it...feed her a banana and give her a rest, until she's voted out of office,eh?)

The only policy types that got their way this time is McChrystal and his gang,Cheney, and Et Tu, Hillary? Obama you got duped, pressured from what unexpected sources I wonder.

Obama you were dealt a lousy hand by the Bush/Cheney crowd and now have too few hands in too many critical places, but Abe Lincoln's "Right makes might" spin somewhow doesn't improve the picture. And granted, if you had been more ambi-dextrous; as many hands as that Persian god, Kali, maybe you could better control the mess which you've been handed.

Our military walk down backroads and through villages with broad gaps between soldier and his buddy; like sitting ducks on a land where enemy and friend all look alike. The camera picks up a few soldiers talking to villagers...young sargents and a bevy of 19,20 year olds trying to effect some semblance of authority to establish they are in charge, to the village elders...so they shout out words the villagers don't understand in rising decibels giving command performance like talking to boot camp recruits at Camp Le Jeune.

Down the road the camera picks up another group of Marines passing out candy and they talk with the villagers with some degree of respect...and everybody looks a little tense. This isn't fun for anyone and it's not a back lot and the military are not teaching soccer to the crowd.

Whatever the picture, we are sending our young men and women into a landscape few understand or even want to anymore. Can you blame them?

Bring them home please..."Our security" we are supposedly protecting in this mad scenario is not "Amerika"...it's those god d...m airbases we have permanently established over the Mid-east; the globe already. eh!

Bring them home please...how are we going to train an Afghan to protect himself if we don't even understand or respect their cultural or religious ideologies? And what's the recognizable image to tell us the differance between an Afghan who loves our occupation, an Afghan who hates our presence; a Talibin or an Al Qaeda sympathizer?

We will train them to protect themselves, but who will join our training camps? Some will do anything to get a free gun. Happens there. Happens here.

Maintaining our military presence in permanent bases all over the globe makes enemies more often than friends.

Want a military base run by China or India or North Korea camped permanently out you back door and some guy speaking Chinese telling you what to do? Do you stare blankly or nod and hope it's the right response so you can go back to your family and repair the damages from the last drone attack?

"Who loves ya baby?"...get the picture?