daveman
Diamond Member
So why would he advocate a surge in Afghanistan when he said it didn't work in Iraq?
You're right. Clearly Iraq and Afghanistan are the exact same countries with the exact same terrain, the exact same politics and the exact same make up of population.
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Obama said "it didn't work" for political reasons, not for military reasons.
And since it did work, he was wrong. Yet he advocated the same thing for Afghanistan. He didn't specify tactics when he ordered the surge.