Friday October 9, 2009, 8:59 am
The initial steps that Obama has taken are already under fierce attack. The Obama administration has now recognized that the Afghan Taliban are not a threat to the United States and that the United States can live with the Afghan Taliban playing a role in the government of Afghanistan. But right-wing forces in the military, Congress, think tanks and the media are denouncing these moves toward sanity as surrender. They want a full-out Vietnam against the Taliban.

Nothing helps create smaller government like mountainous deficits created by endless wars, tax cuts and Republican deficit spending.

Friday October 9, 2009, 10:46 am
Thannxxx Alf..there will always be contentious arguements regarding this issue.. grrrr.... but dialogue is good and at the end of the day... no matter how chequered the past presidents, or the US has been, I think that tentative steps are being made, even though it is two forward and maybe one back, one has to be patient and wage forward... Rome was not built in a day and it is not going to take a day to dismantle "Rome"...

Friday October 9, 2009, 7:46 pm
Obama has given many people in many counties HOPE that the USA is once again willing to work with other countries to try to clean up the mess the Cheney Bush Cabal made.....on so many fronts. Obama actually talks with heads of state! instead of bullying, threatening and and bombing them. The GOP warmongers are fighting him every inch of the way, but he has managed to make progress. They are frothing at the mouth over him being acknowledged and encouraged by the Nobel Committee.