How did Obama "change his mind" about bringing the troops home? AFAIK he always said he'd pull out of Iraq but stay in Afghanistan, and so far he's pulled out of Iraq and stayed in Afghanistan
Powerful video but I think it's misleading.
[QUOTE=smurfy;33190566]How did Obama "change his mind" about bringing the troops home? AFAIK he always said he'd pull out of Iraq but stay in Afghanistan, and so far he's pulled out of Iraq and stayed in Afghanistan[/QUOTE]
And we're drawing down if Afghanistan, so if anything he kept his promise if not a little belatedly implemented. For a Ron Paul ad, it's incredibly disingenuous that they focus on only one aspect of one type of policy, but that's par for the course with Ron Paul. When it comes to ads directed at other groups they say things like "He has conviction to reign in the government, is a christian, etc." and then in another say "He believes in ending the wars and letting the people decide what's right". Not to say that others don't do similar things, but he's by far the worst and most notable culprit due to how different his policies are.
Obama has already withdrawn troops from Iraq, and we are expected to be fully out of Afghanistan by 2014, so Obama did not change his mind about the armed conflict. However, he did change his mind about Guantanamo bay, which is something I would really like to see dismantled. Oh well, you can't have it all I guess.
As far as the video goes, it really puts into perspective how the armed conflict is really viewed through the eyes of other nations, if it were up to me, we'd have been out of there for some time, but as long as we have a date to remove all armed troops, its fine by me.
Videos like these will never change anything.
I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying it has been done before, and those videos became forgotten within a month.
[QUOTE=smurfy;33190566]How did Obama "change his mind" about bringing the troops home? AFAIK he always said he'd pull out of Iraq but stay in Afghanistan, and so far he's pulled out of Iraq and stayed in Afghanistan[/QUOTE]
Lol the Iraq mandate for leaving in 2011 was set by Bush not by Obama.
Obama wanted to stay longer.
I was about to post the Fuck You Texas song but i realized it was already posted.
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