pssst. steny. you aren't fooling anyone. afghanistan was a "war of necessity" right up until "necessity" meant 40K troops.
Hoyer: GOP abandoned focus in Afghanistan for seven yearsAn irritated House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Tuesday fired back at Republicans who have charged President Barack Obama with jeopardizing U.S. troops by deliberating over whether to send additional forces to Afghanistan.
Hoyer tore into Republicans — including House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) — for criticizing Obama’s approach to a war Hoyer said Republicans “abandoned.”
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