Rep. David Obey Warns President Obama of Afghanistan War Surtax

The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for President Obama about Afghanistan -- sending more troops would be a mistake that could "wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild the economy." Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 23, 2009
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James Canning
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by James Canning - Dec. 20, 2009

Obey wants to tax Americans to pay for any idiotic "surge" Obama may order.

Bravo, Obey! The moron G W Bush would not have carried out his insane invasion of iraq, if Americans were told in advance what the cost would be, and that they would be taxed to pay for the war.

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Gary Anderson
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by Gary Anderson - Nov. 26, 2009

Since we are fighting in Afghanistan to put a pipeline to Caspian Sea investments of Halliburton and Dick Cheney, it truly is a waste of lives and really is a war crime. The Taliban went to Texas in 1997 as guests of Unocal and they refused Unocal's offer to build a pipeline. This gave MOTIVE to Bush involvement in 9/11 and for oil wars in the middle east. Stop this criminality!

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