The NATO alliance that has fought for a decade in Afghanistan is helping that nation shift toward stability and peace, but there will be "hard days ahead," President Barack Obama said Sunday as alliance leaders insisted the fighting coalition will remain effective despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders charting a path out of Afghanistan sought on Sunday to dispel fears of a rush for the exits in the unpopular war even as France's new president vowed to stick by his pledge to withdraw French troops by year's end. President Barack Obama, who once called the Afghan conflict a "war of necessity" but is now looking for an orderly way out, hosted the NATO summit in his home town, Chicago, a day after major industrialized nations tackled a European debt crisis that threatens the global economy. ...
I am not opposed to logging the forest and would like to see a healthy timber industry that logs in a healthy sustainable way and not destructive clear cuts that destroy habitats.
These three gentlemen look at sustainability and collaboration as some sort of agenda 21 conspiracy and that is why nothing gets done in Congress
I fear that Scott Tipton has already made up his mind to vote no on the new wilderness bills that are before congress which many people worked so hard on to obtain a broad consensus from all the stake holders. But in the new congressional environment that these three represent compromise and collaboration is a dirty word