Thursday, April 9, 2009

War Will Continue Under Obama

I was always opposed to George Bush's foreign policy; A policy that promoted continual war, for we were to eradicate terrorism. Unfortunately no matter how much you fight, you will be unable to defeat terrorism, and so I ask, when will the fighting stop? Well, not any time soon. Despite the fact that Obama said he would withdraw troops, this is not the case. He has just asked Congress for more then 83 billion dollars to fund war efforts in both in Iraq Afghanistan. When will America wake up and realize that we simply have another "George Bush Administration: as it concerns foreign policy.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked the U.S. Congress for an additional $83.4 billion to fund the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday, saying the security situation along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier was urgent.

"The Taliban is resurgent and al Qaeda threatens America from its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border," Obama said in a letter to Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, that was released by the White House.

Obama said 95 percent of the $83.4 billion in supplemental funds he was requesting would go to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and the U.S. effort to disrupt and defeat al Qaeda.

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