strategy? we know we have the same secretary of defense. now we have the same field kmanter petraeus. we have gates, petraeus, the only thing missing is w himself. what two policies can you discern? i cannot discern a purpose other than a stated intention to begin withdrawing either small numbers or large numbers of troops with an august of 2011 date. both the obama administration and the bush administration seem intent on using american military force to prop up a corrupt government and to bring a settlement to a 30-year civil war in that country. i don t believe as i said before it s our business to do that. i don t believe it s our capability to do that. we need to use our business and our funding to protect the united states and our allies. al qaeda is an enemy.
movements with a fork tongue here? we need an initiative. which we don t have. when you go to war there s a mid beginning, middle, transition period and an end. there s mixed signals for the white house. the republicans just yesterday told the american people that we can t afford to extend unemployment benefits for those out of work right now. many of our fellow citizens because we don t have the money. yet when it comes to supporting president karzai, a corrupt leader, we re a bottomless pit. we need some clarity here. that clarity needs to include an exit strategy, which we don t have right now. let me ask you congressman nadler, what s the difference between the bush strategy in afghanistan and the obama strategy? we know we have the same secretary of defense. now we have the same field kmanter petraeus. we have gates, petraeus, the only thing missing is w himself. what two policies can you discern?