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Opinion: After sleeping on it, Twitter folks still upset about Obama’s Afghanistan speech

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The initial reactions to President Obama‘s speech last night weren’t positive. We’ll let ‘em sleep on it, we thought, and check back in the morning.

Well, after a night of reflection, the buzz on Twitter hasn’t gotten any more pro-war. The tweets are in, and Obama’s plan to dispatch an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan’s eight-year war has very few vocal fans.

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We sort of rolled our eyes at Michael Moore’s Open Letter to President Obama, but based on dozens of tweets, he may have been on the money. A lot of supporters are losing trust in their touted candidate. Onlookers seem to be pining for an immediate end, not a plan.

We’ve pulled out some of the more interesting tweets from the stream (shown after the jump)....

PaulCauston wrote:

do 30000 troops = peace ? Should Obama return Nobel prize.

OWillis wrote:

MY OBAMA FAMILY PUFFY STICKERS COME DOWN UNTIL ALL THE TROOPS ARE HOME

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HowlingWolfMom wrote:

OBAMA, NO MORE WAR! We voted for you because we thought the troops were coming home! WTF?

MNSchneider wrote:

This is not the change I voted for.

Of course, not every message was negative. (Just most of them.)

KingPinKel wrote:

How long does it take to spill a cup of milk? Mins, now how long does it take to clean it up? Obama didnt MAKE the mess hes cleaning it!

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Styles818 wrote:

I don’t know why ppl are shocked about the 30,000 troops. Obama has always emphasized Afghanistan. Y’all weren’t listening last year.

-- Mark Milian

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