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Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger
Yahoo/AP ^

Posted on 05/07/2012 4:33:47 AM PDT by nuconvert

The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; feinstein; obama; taliban

1 posted on 05/07/2012 4:33:57 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

” Congress’ intelligence “

Oxymoron Alert!!!!

(emphasis on ‘moron’)


2 posted on 05/07/2012 4:37:38 AM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: nuconvert

The Taliban problem should have been handled in 2001, but President Bush’s administration got sidetracked by nation building, coalition forming and finally by the stupidity of instigating a counterproductive crusade against Saddam Hussein before the first job was done. As former CIA employee Michael Scheuer has said, the time to have dealt with al Qaeda and the Taliban was while the ruins in New York and Washington were still smoking.


3 posted on 05/07/2012 4:58:35 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Uncle Ike
Speaking of morons:

"Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That's critical," - Idiot Joe Biden, Dec 19, 2011

4 posted on 05/07/2012 5:04:17 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Sworn to Defend The Constitution Against ALL Enemies, Foreign and Domestic. So Help Me GOD!)
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To: nuconvert
But since you've already posted this story you've probably already concluded the same thing that @I stated on your other related post.
5 posted on 05/07/2012 5:35:10 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: nuconvert

barry hussein soetoro will save us not.


6 posted on 05/07/2012 5:43:50 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: nuconvert

Of course—

Read thread # 2880777 here today on FR.

We are releasing Taliban members back into their labor pool......


7 posted on 05/07/2012 7:41:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

Thanx.
Not only did I read it, I posted it. :~ )


8 posted on 05/07/2012 7:53:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: Uncle Ike
” Congress’ intelligence “ Oxymoron Alert!!!!

If 'Pro' is the opposite of 'Con', then what is the opposite of 'Progress'?

9 posted on 05/07/2012 7:55:14 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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