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Related: About this forumUS Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word ‘War’
http://smirkingchimp.com/thread/dave-lindorff/46821/us-ending-the-war-in-afghanistan-it-depends-on-the-meaning-of-the-word-warUS Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word War
by Dave Lindorff | November 30, 2012 - 9:53am
It is amazing to watch politicians trying to weasel their way around their promises. President Obama is providing us with a good illustration of the art.
During the latest presidential campaign and in the final televised debates, both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were adamant in asserting that the US would be leaving Afghanistan and ending the war in that country at the end of 2014--a goal most Americans profoundly want. Biden, in a heated debate with his Republican opponent Paul Ryan, said the US would absolutely be out of Afghanistan at the end of 2014. Obama, a week later, said, By 2014, this process of transition will be complete and the Afghan people will be responsible for their own security."
Im reminded of President Clinton, a lawyer who, when pressed under oath by a special prosecutor hounding him over the details of whether he had had sex with a young White House intern, said that the answer hinged on what the meaning of the word is is.
This past weekend, it was reported that Obama and the generals at the Pentagon are planning on keeping at least 10,000 US troops stationed in Afghanistan indefinitely after that 2014 deadline for ending the war and withdrawing from that war-torn land.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/war
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war
1 [wawr] noun, verb, warred, war·ring, adjective.
noun
1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
2. a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations: The two nations were at war with each other.
3. a contest carried on by force of arms, as in a series of battles or campaigns: the War of 1812.
4. active hostility or contention; conflict; contest: a war of words.
5. aggressive business conflict, as through severe price cutting in the same industry or any other means of undermining competitors: a fare war among airlines; a trade war between nations.
verb (used without object)
10. to make or carry on war; fight: to war with a neighboring nation.
11. to carry on active hostility or contention: Throughout her life she warred with sin and corruption.
12. to be in conflict or in a state of strong opposition: The temptation warred with his conscience.
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US Ending the War in Afghanistan? It Depends on the Meaning of the Word ‘War’ (Original Post)
unhappycamper
Nov 2012
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(392 posts)1. I REMEMBER NIXON 1968
He ran a campaign on ending the Viet Nam war. The question was "what year was he ending it?"
The DOD will be happy to have a fight going to test their weapons and troops. I just hope the funds come directly out of the DOD budget and not some special war budget.