Afghan war could cost Obama key supporters

Ignoring the overwhelming Democratic-voter opposition to the Afghanistan war threatens to cost Barack Obama the support of young people and anti-war voters who helped make him president. It could destroy any possibility of achieving his robust domestic agenda as well. President Obama needs an exit strategy instead of an escalation strategy. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/13/INFF19KCP0.DTL#ixzz0R1ma5lYE

Since when does this nation run foreign policy by taking a poll! These same individuals claimed we should have been fighting all along in Afghanistan instead of Iraq, well now we are fighting there and now state it’s time to come home. Afghanistan is not Vietnam! I served their and Afghanistan is not Vietnam, if we leave prematurely it will create instability that will create greater problems. Let’s wait until General McChrystal’s assessment comes out before we criticize what’s in it. We should never run our foreign policy by taking a poll; if we do it will be to our detriment.