tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post3712223628156408262..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Hey, he ignored the military's advice on the surge, why should you be surprized if he ignores McCrystal's plan to win in Afghanistan?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-64702806824387353412009-11-13T03:24:04.598-08:002009-11-13T03:24:04.598-08:00Maybe by 2012, poor Obama will have made a decisio...Maybe by 2012, poor Obama will have made a decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-67190110772261312392009-11-13T03:14:36.333-08:002009-11-13T03:14:36.333-08:00Palin-Karzai in 2012!Palin-Karzai in 2012!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-75229341048428571682009-11-12T21:49:09.870-08:002009-11-12T21:49:09.870-08:00I'm with George Will: Get the troops out now.I'm with George Will: Get the troops out now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-44933110968096384642009-11-12T18:50:20.375-08:002009-11-12T18:50:20.375-08:00Obama is just another ultra-liberal wimp who is wi...Obama is just another ultra-liberal wimp who is wimping out on yet another major issue. He's an embarrassment to our country and world leaders can't respect this joke of a president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-79818393713133655042009-11-12T09:33:00.179-08:002009-11-12T09:33:00.179-08:00He has been dithering for months and this is his d...He has been dithering for months and this is his decision???<br />Maybe they didn't tell him that you have to make real decisions when you are the President and not a community organizer?<br />How do you think a strategy conceived in the mind of Joe Biden is going to work in the real world? Not only is this Obama's war, it's his plan. He owns it.<br />History will damn him for his performance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-42313675302217353502009-11-12T09:29:40.276-08:002009-11-12T09:29:40.276-08:00Will Obama establish trigger points with Healthcar...Will Obama establish trigger points with Healthcare reform that if not met would result in our retreat from a failing policy?<br /><br />I didn't think so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-21441227597655954932009-11-12T08:26:09.009-08:002009-11-12T08:26:09.009-08:00...No, 5;17, You are the OLD Soviets. Betcha thoug......No, 5;17, You are the OLD Soviets. Betcha thought we couldn't tell.Dave D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-84288962397324832202009-11-12T07:52:23.575-08:002009-11-12T07:52:23.575-08:00I found a typo in your headline. Perhaps you shoul...I found a typo in your headline. Perhaps you should hire a laid-off copy editor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-16770036291212687702009-11-12T05:36:41.282-08:002009-11-12T05:36:41.282-08:00On the other hand, the little president man has ha...On the other hand, the little president man has had his media working overtime with the Vietnam meme. <br /><br />His Newsweek did it this week and there were editorials today in the LA Times and I think it was the Boston Globe. Somebody’s coordinating that. <br /><br />Today the little president man himself invoked how shamefully Vietnam vet people were treated. <br /><br />My guess is the little president man just wants a historical backdrop against which he can be seen making a Momentous Decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-46424296326620298282009-11-12T05:26:38.251-08:002009-11-12T05:26:38.251-08:00Gelding-in-Chief pee's himself again at the th...Gelding-in-Chief pee's himself again at the thought of having to make a real decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-29175189532504022712009-11-12T05:24:45.824-08:002009-11-12T05:24:45.824-08:00Apparently none of the options including the phras...Apparently none of the options including the phrase “apologize and slink out”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-79063790776552718842009-11-12T05:24:22.572-08:002009-11-12T05:24:22.572-08:00He should just come out and say it.
"I am n...He should just come out and say it. <br /><br />"I am not looking for a winning strategy, but one that lets me look like I'm fighting the war, while at the same time pacifying my left wing. Ideally, I'd like a withdrawl option, the necessity for which I can credibly blame George Bush." <br /><br />I fear some in the military are still assuming he wants a strategy to defeat the Taliban, when in fact his goal is to legitimize them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-34397272311085473022009-11-12T05:23:44.857-08:002009-11-12T05:23:44.857-08:00Obama rejects all current troop options on Afghani...Obama rejects all current troop options on Afghanistan (Hot Air)<br /><br />Alternate headline: “Obama votes present.” <br /><br />President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. <br /><br />That push follows strong reservations about a possible troop buildup expressed by the U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, according to a second top administration official.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-73214267255712160822009-11-12T05:17:24.781-08:002009-11-12T05:17:24.781-08:00God, I hope he does. Blood squandered in the dust....God, I hope he does. Blood squandered in the dust.<br /><br />We lost in Afghanistan years ago when we invaded Iraq. Now, we're just the new Soviets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com