Geez...only 4500 views this week?...I guess most people just don't want to listen to a 3rd world bitch nigga squirt another diaperload of pickaninny diarrhea any more....the stench is just more than most folks can stand
jesus christ has filled the earth is with glory of god, god will bless brack obama and America soon and bring a age of peace of world. Kingdom come and his will be done onto the world.
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Expensive friend, it is not whenever we have the chance to open site or war veterans and to give of face with President Barack Obama the homenagegea them. To Brazil I am the 22 years to the unemployment without wage and stewardships and to bank the fairy godmother of all reason of state to Planet without none vinten. Launched 04 Presidents to Palace of Plateaus, I was intellectual author of all governmental action as Mago Merlin, and still they wait of my part support the next succession.
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You are such a pessimist, what has Obama done that wronged you so badly. He is the most honest and open president that I have a ever seen. His intentions and his works show that he is sincere and will do what it takes to help make america a better place. your attitude is no help
They need to make the teleprompter text smaller so that his eyes don't have to move such a large distance horizontally to read the big text... with small text, his horizontal eye movements would be greatly reduced and therefore less noticeable to the viewer.
yeah and the Bush administration played a major role in the cause of what is now a worldwide recession suffered by millions of people worldwide. You must be one of those midwest hardcore republicans who prefer to have a dumbass like Bush in the Whitehouse who does nothing but enriching his own friends, rather than an intellectual like Oboma who finally takes the necessary actions that were postponed for years. Obama is a major BLESSING not only for America but for the whole world. Go go Obama!!
manulambwrote (in Part): "yeah and the Bush administration played a major role"
Actually, the Democrat controlled Congress has undermined the banking industry for more than 30 years by forcing them to furnish mortgages to people who couldn't afford the loans (Thank Jimmy Carter, for that little gem.).
Even as late as 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Banking Chairman Barney (Elmo Fudd) Frank refused to consider reform.
Bush spent his ass off, but Democrats are the major palyers here.
1. You're obviously not familiar with what the Community Reinvestment Act says. Nowhere does it "force" banks to make loans to people who can't afford them, or to people with bad credit ratings. It forces banks to OFFER loans in the same areas they take deposits, but only to QUALIFIED clients.
2. Frank may have through that, but he had no power to prevent reform. Republicans controlled Congress from '94-'06 and didn't pass a single bill to reform the housing/mortgage industry.
I love how Obama states, the whole truth will be know. It sounds like his promise of an open and honest administration. Like that's gonna happen.
Here is some simple questions, why was the only armed person a female civilian directing traffic? Why were the MPs not the first on the scene? Why did the service members only have table and chairs to throw?
This is how the liberals want to make all of America, defenseless, no weapons, the the police will show up to calculate the dead.
runman, you really are a moron that doesn't know the first fucking thing about anything. The reason why there were no MP's there is because, thanks to chickenhawks Bush and Cheney, the DOD has had to hire private law enforcement contractors, since every single fucking MP in uniform is either in Iraq or in Afghanistan. MP's were already the most deployed MOS in the Army when I was on active duty 7 years ago, and Bush's adventures only made that worse. And the female was a LEO, moron.
Are you mentally slow, or are you just pretending to be so, just to push people's buttons? Everything you've written here is either a lie, a distortion of the facts, or a made-up factoid. The military draw-down started during the first Bush administration, in the late 1980's. Remember the "Peace Dividend"? Obama can't undo in 10 months the monumental fuck ups that Bush Jr took 8 years to achieve. Obama is President, not magician. The LEO crack is just you being stupid, really.
Far from it , I support as I did when I swore the Oath , the protection of the Constitution and the defense of the REAL US Government as authorized by that document.
judging by your name and your sentiments I take it that you are a pompous ass who rails at the world to distract attention from that fact
Ah, I see. You're an Oather who likes to selectively pick and chose what parts of the Constitution you'll respect and which you'll take up arms against, without actually having read it.
Shouldn't you be out in the woods someplace playing soldier with your Crossman deer rifle?
More to the point he was yelling "Allahu Akbar" right before he started shooting....not "Sigmund Freud Forever!".....which means his motivations was religious and had nothing to do with his professional status....he needs to be slow butt fucked with a cattle prod....any volunteers?
The difference is that LBJ and McNamara and Westmoreland weren't all blind queer for the enemy like Barokeydoke is....and none of them disclosed classified information which hurt the US during war time like he has....and none of them went around apologizing for the US in an attempt to ingratiate themselves to the thugs of the world
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God had nothing to do with it....He isn't a registered voter and there was no 'divine intervention'.....it was simply a matter of Barokeydoke getting more votes....you need to consider a remedial course in Sunday School class
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What really puzzles me is why anybody in his right mind would expect Barokeydoke to be and effective and credible Commander in Chief of the American armed forces.....you can't do a man's job with a 3rd world bitch nigga's balls
Hey dumbfuck obama, since your gloriously novel idea of a job summit is a tacit admission that your shitty fucking waste of money stimulous payoff to your political cronies was the most costly economic blunder in history, how about cancelling any future waste of money associated with it?
Oh yeah, I know why. Youd rather waste $700B and screw the country than admit you were FUCKING WRONG you GODDAMNED SHITHEAD of a WORTHLESS FUCKING PREZ
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It will be easier when you all have RFID chip, then the Govt. knows where all of you are all the time..
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I applaud the fact that the President is calling for following to the letter the legal precepts and principles that emanate from the U.S. Constitution as the Fort Hood shooter is prosecuted, and as the investigation into his situation continues. As a Veteran, I support our President thoroughly and without reserve, and I salute my fellow Veterans and our active-duty brethren on this solemn occasion. Thank you, Mr. President, for supporting us!!
Because we don't know if it was a terrorist act? It may very well have been a mass-murder case and not an act of terror / war. You see "muslim" and "anti-American views" (as quoted by an officer, who may or may not have been embellishing a truth) and jump to a conclusion.
If the shooter was Mexican, people would not have jumped to the terrorist claims like they are now. If the shooter was a foreigner from Europe, it wouldn't have been a terrorist plot to some. Try some critical thinking in life
The definition of terrorism should be reserved for premeditated, organized acts of mass murder intended to incite terror for political reasons. That's different from crackpots who crack, and commit mass murder because of their extremist views.
Mohammed Atta and Tim McVeigh were terrorists.
Jim Adkisson (targeted liberals), Scott Roeder, Richard Poplawski and James von Brunn are crackpots.
Nidal Hasan probably falls into the second category, but it's too early to tell.
Not in my opinion, no. With the kind of access to military installations he had, if he'd been a rational, planning terrorist he could have done a lot more damage than he did.
If terrorism is defined by numbers, then Gary Ridgway (the Green River Killer) qualifies as a terrorist. (And Ridgway's actions were definitely premeditated and organized.) If terrorism is defined by killing in the name of extremist views then James von Brunn (killer at the Holocaust museum) is a terrorist. But I don't think either of those people are terrorists.
In my opinion, the goal of terror is to make you feel unsafe.
The military was unable to protect itself on Fort Hood, the largest base in the free world. This is not the Fort Hood I was at when I was in the Army. At that time Ft. Hood was an open base, MPs were there with guns..
If Obama was Bush, would leftist be blaming Bush? All u have to do is take a fast look at history.
Like Clinton this is not a terror act, but a criminal act... too bad, pre 9-11 all over again.
If Bush was still President the left would definitely be blaming him, and they'd definitely be wrong. (In fact, some are still trying to blame him for THIS.)
It's so difficult to reconcile what he says with his actions.
For better than one month, he has tabled a request from his commanders in Afghanistan for more troops. He has avoided taking a decision on this critical issue while our troops are dying. Is he really concerned about the safety of the troops or is he more concerned with offending anti-war lefties in Congress? Clearly, he's more concerned with moving his leftist agenda forward than protecting our troops.
It isn't just about numbers its about an actual strategy. He sent thousands in Feb and Oct. "...mainly engineers, medical staff, intelligence officers and military police. About 3,000 of them are specialists in explosives, being sent to try to combat the growing fatality rate from roadside bombs." We don't have 40,000 troops to pull out of the air, we still have commitments in Iraq, Korea, Kosovo and more.
"reminiscent of McNamara running the Vietnam war from the White House. I'm afraid the results will be similar."
Similar in the sense that every time General Westmoreland asked for more troops, McNamara and LBJ granted the request until there were over 500 000 American troops in Vietnam, all having no greater effect than the original 16 000 that we started with?
No, I'm glad to see we're NOT following that path this time.
"Where did Obama learn this wonderful strategy which is better than anything our military brass could come up with."
You're over simplifying. Gen. McChrystal (current commander in Afghanistan) has asked for more troops. Gen. Eikenberry (former Com. in Afghanistan, now U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan), and Gen. Jones (Obama's National Security Advisor) have both spoken against that idea.
KiddVid, the "wonderful strategy" is the one he is trying to come up with with the advise of the military brass and the US national security establishment. Thats why they're having all those meetings. So far they're probably still working with the same strategy they briefed him on when he became President Elect ... you think its working?
In Oct the top commander in Afghanistan said he'd only spoken with Obama once. A month later, Press Sec Gibbs bragged about Obama: "the number of hours that he has spent in these meetings is probably now -- well, at the end of today will probably be getting close to 20 direct hours of his time." That's "close to" two hours per month. He's taking a crash course in how to be Commander In Chief of the greatest armed forces in the history of the world while handing down orders he doesn't understand.
He doesn't talk to any military advisers under any other circumstances other than when he's in a meeting with most of the National Security Advisers... is that how that works? No Daily Briefings on the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan? The Commander in Afghanistan has nothing better to do than talk to the President? KiddVid, Its the Greatest Armed Force in the history of the world because it doesn't need a suet in DC to micro manage it, it just needs him to come up with an actual goal.
That means he can and probably should take all the time he wants to decide what that goal should be ( with the advice of those with far more experience) before he sends thousands more troops out to do what the Afghans should be doing for themselves by now.
I'm not crazy about the mission in Afghanistan, but we're there, and we should be fighting to win. Not using the troops as a political buffer.
I suspect the people being sent over are being sent, specifically because they are incidental to direct combat.
If Obama is going to relegate our military to that of a UN peace keeping mission (i.e no offensive enhancement) then he should have the stones to pull the troops out.
Otherwise, put the troops in and get out of their way!
Fighting against whom? And for what? How do you fight a guerrilla force that is in cahoots with a corrupt government that helps it more than anyone else? How, and why, would you fight for a collection of tribes made out of people that have no concept of what a nation-state is, and no interest in being a part of one? Afghanistan holds absolutely no value of any kind for the U.S., and no American life is worth losing on their account. However, Obama has to follow a process without being impulsive.
Geez...only 4500 views this week?...I guess most people just don't want to listen to a 3rd world bitch nigga squirt another diaperload of pickaninny diarrhea any more....the stench is just more than most folks can stand
Armigerous 2 years ago
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hancockification 2 years ago
Obama, bring your grandmother to the Whitehouse for the holidays. Let the AP and fox news interview her.
fluffydanny 2 years ago
jesus christ has filled the earth is with glory of god, god will bless brack obama and America soon and bring a age of peace of world. Kingdom come and his will be done onto the world.
bass109 2 years ago
@bass109 there is no god you idiot
warfrek93 2 years ago
there is a god and he loves you, may lord bless you with open mind
bass109 2 years ago
Good Job Obama Keep up the bad work....
MrDennydean 2 years ago 3
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Expensive friend, it is not whenever we have the chance to open site or war veterans and to give of face with President Barack Obama the homenagegea them. To Brazil I am the 22 years to the unemployment without wage and stewardships and to bank the fairy godmother of all reason of state to Planet without none vinten. Launched 04 Presidents to Palace of Plateaus, I was intellectual author of all governmental action as Mago Merlin, and still they wait of my part support the next succession.
mefruh 2 years ago
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You are such a pessimist, what has Obama done that wronged you so badly. He is the most honest and open president that I have a ever seen. His intentions and his works show that he is sincere and will do what it takes to help make america a better place. your attitude is no help
jcbgtr 2 years ago
They need to make the teleprompter text smaller so that his eyes don't have to move such a large distance horizontally to read the big text... with small text, his horizontal eye movements would be greatly reduced and therefore less noticeable to the viewer.
viksra 2 years ago
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rapture of lord jesus christ is coming
bass109 2 years ago 3
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Obama is not politics as usual.
He is politics WORSE THAN usual.
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obamaisapieceofshit 2 years ago 14
yeah and the Bush administration played a major role in the cause of what is now a worldwide recession suffered by millions of people worldwide. You must be one of those midwest hardcore republicans who prefer to have a dumbass like Bush in the Whitehouse who does nothing but enriching his own friends, rather than an intellectual like Oboma who finally takes the necessary actions that were postponed for years. Obama is a major BLESSING not only for America but for the whole world. Go go Obama!!
manulamb 2 years ago
manulambwrote (in Part): "yeah and the Bush administration played a major role"
Actually, the Democrat controlled Congress has undermined the banking industry for more than 30 years by forcing them to furnish mortgages to people who couldn't afford the loans (Thank Jimmy Carter, for that little gem.).
Even as late as 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, Banking Chairman Barney (Elmo Fudd) Frank refused to consider reform.
Bush spent his ass off, but Democrats are the major palyers here.
Roccpar 2 years ago
1. You're obviously not familiar with what the Community Reinvestment Act says. Nowhere does it "force" banks to make loans to people who can't afford them, or to people with bad credit ratings. It forces banks to OFFER loans in the same areas they take deposits, but only to QUALIFIED clients.
2. Frank may have through that, but he had no power to prevent reform. Republicans controlled Congress from '94-'06 and didn't pass a single bill to reform the housing/mortgage industry.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
I love how Obama states, the whole truth will be know. It sounds like his promise of an open and honest administration. Like that's gonna happen.
Here is some simple questions, why was the only armed person a female civilian directing traffic? Why were the MPs not the first on the scene? Why did the service members only have table and chairs to throw?
This is how the liberals want to make all of America, defenseless, no weapons, the the police will show up to calculate the dead.
runman1271 2 years ago
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runman, you really are a moron that doesn't know the first fucking thing about anything. The reason why there were no MP's there is because, thanks to chickenhawks Bush and Cheney, the DOD has had to hire private law enforcement contractors, since every single fucking MP in uniform is either in Iraq or in Afghanistan. MP's were already the most deployed MOS in the Army when I was on active duty 7 years ago, and Bush's adventures only made that worse. And the female was a LEO, moron.
armyveteran101st 2 years ago
@armyveteran101st
The slashing of the military started during the Clinton era, not bush. And the MPs not being there, but being deployed was exactly my point.
Obama promised to get us out of Iraq.
Obama has been in office for awhile now, Obama is the commander and chief, not Bush, you need to find a original argument than just the "blame bush"
So, you made my point, Obama is so impotent that a female LEO has to protect the military.
How sad. Maybe Obama could bow before her too.
runman1271 2 years ago
Are you mentally slow, or are you just pretending to be so, just to push people's buttons? Everything you've written here is either a lie, a distortion of the facts, or a made-up factoid. The military draw-down started during the first Bush administration, in the late 1980's. Remember the "Peace Dividend"? Obama can't undo in 10 months the monumental fuck ups that Bush Jr took 8 years to achieve. Obama is President, not magician. The LEO crack is just you being stupid, really.
armyveteran101st 2 years ago
piss on this usurper
lonegunman101 2 years ago 21
So, from your user name and sentiments I take it that you advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. federal government?
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
Far from it , I support as I did when I swore the Oath , the protection of the Constitution and the defense of the REAL US Government as authorized by that document.
judging by your name and your sentiments I take it that you are a pompous ass who rails at the world to distract attention from that fact
begone troll
lonegunman101 2 years ago
Ah, I see. You're an Oather who likes to selectively pick and chose what parts of the Constitution you'll respect and which you'll take up arms against, without actually having read it.
Shouldn't you be out in the woods someplace playing soldier with your Crossman deer rifle?
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
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lonegunman101 2 years ago
go back to playing with your blow up doll I haven't time for someone who was still peeing themselves while I was dodging bullets
lonegunman101 2 years ago
It's possible that you're a veteran, but my guess is that the only bullet you've ever dodged was in a paintball game.
Have fun playing with the other "patriots" this weekend, Bubba.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
More to the point he was yelling "Allahu Akbar" right before he started shooting....not "Sigmund Freud Forever!".....which means his motivations was religious and had nothing to do with his professional status....he needs to be slow butt fucked with a cattle prod....any volunteers?
Armigerous 2 years ago 21
@Armigerous
no instaad wipe menstrual blood on his face,after you throw a shoe at him.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
The difference is that LBJ and McNamara and Westmoreland weren't all blind queer for the enemy like Barokeydoke is....and none of them disclosed classified information which hurt the US during war time like he has....and none of them went around apologizing for the US in an attempt to ingratiate themselves to the thugs of the world
Armigerous 2 years ago
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God had nothing to do with it....He isn't a registered voter and there was no 'divine intervention'.....it was simply a matter of Barokeydoke getting more votes....you need to consider a remedial course in Sunday School class
Armigerous 2 years ago
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What really puzzles me is why anybody in his right mind would expect Barokeydoke to be and effective and credible Commander in Chief of the American armed forces.....you can't do a man's job with a 3rd world bitch nigga's balls
Armigerous 2 years ago
i agree with Obama and i am porud of my President,excellent jobs Obama!
janichaz 2 years ago
I've got £20 riding on your 'assassination' by the end of this year. Don't let me down u 7ft pile of Nazi dung.
WW3Revolution 2 years ago
Sorry, we're dealing with the thoroughly inadequate man-child, Obama.
We're on his watch now, and may God help us all.
Roccpar 2 years ago
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obama = Dumbfuck In Chief
Hey dumbfuck obama, since your gloriously novel idea of a job summit is a tacit admission that your shitty fucking waste of money stimulous payoff to your political cronies was the most costly economic blunder in history, how about cancelling any future waste of money associated with it?
Oh yeah, I know why. Youd rather waste $700B and screw the country than admit you were FUCKING WRONG you GODDAMNED SHITHEAD of a WORTHLESS FUCKING PREZ
Obama = idiotic assmunch
obamaisapieceofshit 2 years ago 15
OK he hasnt changed the World in a year. I feel your frustration.
lattany1 2 years ago
I miss Bush.
majortuff 2 years ago 10
I miss all of our presidents. I wonder if we'll ever have another.
KiddVid 2 years ago 3
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Service and sacrifice, things obama knows nothing about. We have never had such an unpatriotic and unamerican man in the whitehouse.
shooter348 2 years ago
you haven't paid any attention to the ppl that have been in the White House have you?
smg1one 2 years ago
What are you really afraid of?
popper05 2 years ago
I guess McCain was a better choice right?
Your ignorant. I guess your mad becuase your vote didnt matter in the election. You seem perplexed. Im not saying Obama is great but he is trying.
Thecouchbum 2 years ago 3
Very.
KiddVid 2 years ago
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Obama is a great leader.
MrKaratechop 2 years ago
Obama may prove to be a great leader but will he be a good leader
s8peed 2 years ago
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god dam you i hate you more than your worst pain!
tony711978 2 years ago
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I applaud the fact that the President is calling for following to the letter the legal precepts and principles that emanate from the U.S. Constitution as the Fort Hood shooter is prosecuted, and as the investigation into his situation continues. As a Veteran, I support our President thoroughly and without reserve, and I salute my fellow Veterans and our active-duty brethren on this solemn occasion. Thank you, Mr. President, for supporting us!!
armyveteran101st 2 years ago
Also, why can't he call a spade a spade? The tragedy in Fort Hood was the act of a terrorist! Why is he so unable to call it a terrorist act?
If the perpetrator had been a white person (perhaps a Cambridge police officer) would he be so verbally hamstrung? I don't think so.
Roccpar 2 years ago 8
Because we don't know if it was a terrorist act? It may very well have been a mass-murder case and not an act of terror / war. You see "muslim" and "anti-American views" (as quoted by an officer, who may or may not have been embellishing a truth) and jump to a conclusion.
If the shooter was Mexican, people would not have jumped to the terrorist claims like they are now. If the shooter was a foreigner from Europe, it wouldn't have been a terrorist plot to some. Try some critical thinking in life
Henroidt 2 years ago 3
We do know intelligence agencies monitored 10 to 20 contacts between Hasan and an anti-American cleric in Yemen who was sympathetic to al Qaeda.
We know he told other doctors that non-believers should be beheaded.
Other doctors were very concerned with his irrational behavior and statements.
What exactly do you and President Obama, not get?
Roccpar 2 years ago
What we don't get is if all that is true and he was a terrorist sympathizer for -years on end- why wasn't he removed from the military?
And don't make the answer to that an Obama thing, this guy has been serving since the previous administration.
Henroidt 2 years ago
"And don't make the answer to that an Obama thing, this guy has been serving since the previous administration."
I think you're right. This guy must have been on the "radar" for years.
Preliminary reports indicate that some federal agencies failed to share information with the military.
The results are tragic.
Roccpar 2 years ago
The definition of terrorism should be reserved for premeditated, organized acts of mass murder intended to incite terror for political reasons. That's different from crackpots who crack, and commit mass murder because of their extremist views.
Mohammed Atta and Tim McVeigh were terrorists.
Jim Adkisson (targeted liberals), Scott Roeder, Richard Poplawski and James von Brunn are crackpots.
Nidal Hasan probably falls into the second category, but it's too early to tell.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
@TrollBuster9090 "premeditated, organized acts of mass murder intended to incite terror for political reasons".
That doesn't describe what Hasan did?
marzutraII 2 years ago
Not in my opinion, no. With the kind of access to military installations he had, if he'd been a rational, planning terrorist he could have done a lot more damage than he did.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
So how many people would have to die for you to consider it "mass murder"?
marzutraII 2 years ago
If terrorism is defined by numbers, then Gary Ridgway (the Green River Killer) qualifies as a terrorist. (And Ridgway's actions were definitely premeditated and organized.) If terrorism is defined by killing in the name of extremist views then James von Brunn (killer at the Holocaust museum) is a terrorist. But I don't think either of those people are terrorists.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
Hey there;
In my opinion, the goal of terror is to make you feel unsafe.
The military was unable to protect itself on Fort Hood, the largest base in the free world. This is not the Fort Hood I was at when I was in the Army. At that time Ft. Hood was an open base, MPs were there with guns..
If Obama was Bush, would leftist be blaming Bush? All u have to do is take a fast look at history.
Like Clinton this is not a terror act, but a criminal act... too bad, pre 9-11 all over again.
runman1271 2 years ago
If Bush was still President the left would definitely be blaming him, and they'd definitely be wrong. (In fact, some are still trying to blame him for THIS.)
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
It's so difficult to reconcile what he says with his actions.
For better than one month, he has tabled a request from his commanders in Afghanistan for more troops. He has avoided taking a decision on this critical issue while our troops are dying. Is he really concerned about the safety of the troops or is he more concerned with offending anti-war lefties in Congress? Clearly, he's more concerned with moving his leftist agenda forward than protecting our troops.
Roccpar 2 years ago 6
It isn't just about numbers its about an actual strategy. He sent thousands in Feb and Oct. "...mainly engineers, medical staff, intelligence officers and military police. About 3,000 of them are specialists in explosives, being sent to try to combat the growing fatality rate from roadside bombs." We don't have 40,000 troops to pull out of the air, we still have commitments in Iraq, Korea, Kosovo and more.
smg1one 2 years ago 2
Where did Obama learn this wonderful strategy, which is so much better than anything our military brass could come up with?
KiddVid 2 years ago
Kind of reminiscent of Robert McNamara running the war from the White House in the Vietnam war.
I'm afraid the results will be similar.
Roccpar 2 years ago
"reminiscent of McNamara running the Vietnam war from the White House. I'm afraid the results will be similar."
Similar in the sense that every time General Westmoreland asked for more troops, McNamara and LBJ granted the request until there were over 500 000 American troops in Vietnam, all having no greater effect than the original 16 000 that we started with?
No, I'm glad to see we're NOT following that path this time.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
"Where did Obama learn this wonderful strategy which is better than anything our military brass could come up with."
You're over simplifying. Gen. McChrystal (current commander in Afghanistan) has asked for more troops. Gen. Eikenberry (former Com. in Afghanistan, now U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan), and Gen. Jones (Obama's National Security Advisor) have both spoken against that idea.
TrollBuster9090 2 years ago
KiddVid, the "wonderful strategy" is the one he is trying to come up with with the advise of the military brass and the US national security establishment. Thats why they're having all those meetings. So far they're probably still working with the same strategy they briefed him on when he became President Elect ... you think its working?
smg1one 2 years ago
In Oct the top commander in Afghanistan said he'd only spoken with Obama once. A month later, Press Sec Gibbs bragged about Obama: "the number of hours that he has spent in these meetings is probably now -- well, at the end of today will probably be getting close to 20 direct hours of his time." That's "close to" two hours per month. He's taking a crash course in how to be Commander In Chief of the greatest armed forces in the history of the world while handing down orders he doesn't understand.
KiddVid 2 years ago
He doesn't talk to any military advisers under any other circumstances other than when he's in a meeting with most of the National Security Advisers... is that how that works? No Daily Briefings on the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan? The Commander in Afghanistan has nothing better to do than talk to the President? KiddVid, Its the Greatest Armed Force in the history of the world because it doesn't need a suet in DC to micro manage it, it just needs him to come up with an actual goal.
smg1one 2 years ago
That means he can and probably should take all the time he wants to decide what that goal should be ( with the advice of those with far more experience) before he sends thousands more troops out to do what the Afghans should be doing for themselves by now.
smg1one 2 years ago
I'm not crazy about the mission in Afghanistan, but we're there, and we should be fighting to win. Not using the troops as a political buffer.
I suspect the people being sent over are being sent, specifically because they are incidental to direct combat.
If Obama is going to relegate our military to that of a UN peace keeping mission (i.e no offensive enhancement) then he should have the stones to pull the troops out.
Otherwise, put the troops in and get out of their way!
Roccpar 2 years ago
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Fighting against whom? And for what? How do you fight a guerrilla force that is in cahoots with a corrupt government that helps it more than anyone else? How, and why, would you fight for a collection of tribes made out of people that have no concept of what a nation-state is, and no interest in being a part of one? Afghanistan holds absolutely no value of any kind for the U.S., and no American life is worth losing on their account. However, Obama has to follow a process without being impulsive.
armyveteran101st 2 years ago
God bless our political and business leaders. One nation under God. Thank you Jesus for our military women and men.
stanjz 2 years ago