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Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Lindsey Graham worried that Democrats and some Republicans could form an “unholy alliance” in order to de-fund the War in Afghanistan if there doesn’t not appear to be any significant achievement by next year:

That there are some Republicans who are not going to take a, you know, do or die attitude for Obama’s war. There are some Republicans that want to make this Obama’s war.  You saw some of Michael Steele’s comments.  There will be some Republicans saying you can’t win because of the July 2011 withdrawal date, he’s made it impossible for us to win, so why should we throw good money after bad? Why should any more lives be lost in a hopeless cause because Obama screwed it up? You’ve got people on the left who are mad with the president because he is doing exactly what Bush did and we’re in a war we can’t win. My concern is that, for different reasons, they join forces and we lose the ability to hold this thing together.

I can’t help wondering if the “some Republicans” Graham speaks about might include himself, because his fear doesn’t seem to hold up to recent history.

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  1. Posted by Lee Thomas
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    Lee Thomas Graham is a known RINO within the GOP. He will certainly meet his demise when he is up for re-election. That could be a sad state of affairs in reality because both parties actually need more Rino's and Dino's in order to actually get things done and work in a bipartisan way with each other. As for the war itself. I would support pulling out of Afghanistan only because I see no hope. Its 12,000 miles away with every nation in that region pulling for the bad guys. Its akin to the Chinese sending 100,000 men to Canada with all kinds of rigid restrictions and then trying to convert the Candadians into Chinese citizens with the United States right next door sending them aid and comfort and allowing them to flee inside and outside of our borders while they continue to resist a mamby-pamby effort of subduing the rebellion. Its pointless. In the grand scheme of things its a noble cause but its bound to fail because its starting premise and ending point is rooted in failure.
  2. Michael_Merritt
    starting premise
    Perhaps I just don't understand what you're saying because I seem to remember a very good reason for going there...
    • Posted by Lee Thomas
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      Lee Thomas A good reason for going there only gets you so far. There needs to be a good reason for staying there and right now the downside to me is heavier then the upside. We have rules of engagement that hinder our forces but even worse then that we have a government over there that is corrupt beyond belief and if that one gets thrown out most likely another one just like it takes its place. What really is the point now for being there?