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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
if Bush is an asshole, a terrorist and a war criminal for going into these countries, for killing innocent people and for getting US (and other nations) troops killed - then any other action other than immediate, full and complete withdrawal also makes Obama the same thing(s). You can't reason that Bush committed bad genocide and Obama is committing good genocide and so on.
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I don't really have a side in the matter, but you're muddling the two wars. Not many people in this country had a problem with Afghanistan even to this day. The public polls show that they feel it's justified and that we should be sending more troops.
The war criminal stuff is primarily over Iraq (although some I'm sure use Afghanistan). It was over the fact that he lied to the public about why we went to war. It was over the fact that Iraq was never a threat and we had no business going in there.
If Obama had sent 20,000 more troops into Iraq, you'd be justified. But just because someone believes the Iraq war is a farce doesn't mean they are opposed to any and all military operations. Not to mention that it's not exactly easy to just step out of a war. We've learned from the past that just getting up and leaving an area before finishing a job can hold dire circumstances, regardless of whether you believe the war was justified or not.
The discontent is over Iraq, always has been.