aw. RE: The Nobel Prize for War 2009 goes to ...

[David Morris]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 5:19 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen
<lorentzen at hotmail.de> wrote:
>B-but is there really, like you say, such a broad popular support for the War? I read and hear different voices.

No, there is NOT "broad popular support for the War" in Afghanistan.
In fact, just the opposite.

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/poll-shows-lessening-support-on-afghanistan/
Poll Shows Lessening Support on Afghanistan
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But as some have correctly pointed out, while campaigning Obama called
the war in Afghanistan a war of necessity" as opposed to Iraq (war of
choice).  And he did say he would increase efforts there while ending
the war in Iraq.  So, though he's following an unpopular path, it
shouldn't be taken as breaking his promises.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/18/nation/na-obama-vfw18

August 18, 2009
PHOENIX — Speaking to more than 5,500 veterans, President Obama on
Monday renewed his commitment to dismantling Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
-- a struggle he said was "fundamental to the defense of our people"
-- and offered assurances that his healthcare overhaul would not touch
veterans' medical benefits.

"This is not a war of choice. This is a war of necessity," Obama told
the annual Veterans of Foreign Wars conference -- cautioning that the
insurgency would not be defeated overnight. "Those who attacked
America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the
Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which Al
Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans."
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>kai:
>Do you --- does anybody here --- believe that the White House decision will, well, wipe out terrorism or something?

No.