Is Obama Following The Bush Doctrine?

[RussiaTodayBrainWash]

you have to look at how smart Mr. Bush actually is though. That's why people don't like Bush, because he's smart .

[cindyrenegade]

@RussiaTodayBrainWash  LMFAO, you should do stand up

[vivelafrance90]

The Surge in Afghanistan was not to defeat the Al Qaeda threat but to help stabilize a country that is torn by many factions and war lords. The coalition intervened and now it's its responsibility to stabilize a state it has intervened in under the Jus post bellum principles....

Stupid US TV haha

[vivelafrance90]

The Surge in Afghanistan was not to defeat the Al Qaeda threat but to help stabilize a country that is torn by many factions and war lords. The coalition intervened and now it's its responsibility to stabilize a state it has intervened in under the Jus post bellum principles....

Stupid US TV haah

[Madfoot713]

After this, Maddow officially goes on my "trusted names in news" list. Kinda sad most of them are comedians...

My list:

Rachel Maddow (MSNBC)

Judge Napolitano (FOX)

Bill Maher (HBO)

Jon Stewart (Viacom)

Stephen Colbert (Viacom)

On probation:

Anderson Cooper (CNN)

[MrChris1316]

you have got a group of mad dogs as ur leaders.the problem is that if u look at the world without america in it it becomes peaceful.sooner or later the world will realise whats destabilising it and remove the mad dog.Bullys always end up getting beaten up.

[CambridgeHeights]

He's Bush with shorter hair and a tan.

[SexyMelon]

But people have a choice!

You can vote for a guy who says he will support the war and will support the war if elected... Or you can vote for a guy who says he will oppose the war and will support it if elected.

Isn't democracy wonderful!?

[educate1self]

Both parties serve something else. Isnt it obvious yet????

Jesus people are stupid to the point of hilarity.

[luettem]

there has not been one president in years that was placed in office by the american people. They are all heading this country into Socialism, some more quietly, some with far more force. America is falling to a higher agenda that it cant see, but is there none the less.

[sensisamurai]

Is Obama Following The Bush Doctrine? - sure he does

[LionCome]

Doesn't that make us the terrorists or the mob? Land and resource grabbers.

[1970porsche9146]

Be sure to deflect today's mistakes with 8 year old mistakes.

As wrong as it was, the Bush Doctrine seems to fit well with the Obama point of view.

[TheMango121]

WoW..... Damn I guess fox REALLY IS the unbalanced new network.... Atleast she is sticking up for principles.

[TheOmegaParadigm]

@TheMango121 Don't forget, though. CNN was unwavering in its support for Obama during the election. They were so obsessed with the idea of a Democrat anti-Bush that nothing could sway them from being sure he was the right choice. Now, though...the present CNN looks like Fox did during the election. Go far enough to the right or left, and you'll soon meet the same point. Fox and CNN are as bad as one another.

[puppetjaw]

My hats off to Rachael for exposing this through the Liberal media and exposing Obama as "Bush 3rd Term"...or at least exposing him as another Puppet for the Banking Elite. The USA may have already been taken over by this Shadow Government.

[bigrobmjca]

Hey Rachel, I'm a Tea Party conservative, and often disagree with you. However, THANK YOU so much for not giving Obama a free pass. Yea hope and change, give me a break. I pray every night that God will protect our United States troops and bring them home safe.

[EllyMcCormack]

Don't forget in your prayers the Blackwater Mercenary Troops as well!! <3

[TheMango121]

@EllyMcCormack

Dude! we game them more contracts under OBAMA!! holy shit!

[Yoetah]

Whose doctrine was Bush following?

[clcproduction]

His own?

[pat52010]

@Yoetah...he was following the doctrine of the "Shadow Government"...the puppetmasters...

[Yoetah]

I know Pat....I know...it thrills me that I know

that someone has their "hand"

up the puppetmaster's asses

[Tressco]

America's criminal economic "system" is world's cancer...

The Bush Doctrine is a 100 % paranoia doctrine!

War on terror...psh..schizo...that's like hate on anger...

Is this 21st century...?!?

[dantheleo]

Liberals are psychopaths!

[texas224]

War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death

watch?v=KN5vxOw9Elk

America needs to WAKE UP NOW!!

[beelz3333]

Credit to Maddow for sticking to her principles and not just supporting whatever Obama does.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

Rachel turned pissy with President Obama when he didn't give into all the GLBT's demands. It is always been about the gay thing.

What principles does Maddow have? Ones that defend her right to be gay? Funny she is championing those who would make her "Property"!

[beelz3333]

I'm by no means a fan of Maddow, although she's a lot better than that douche Olbermann. However, as a Libertarian, I admire the fact that she has remained anti-war and is criticizing Obama, unlike may liberals who seem to have had a change of heart and think war is great now that the Democrats are in charge.

[CarribeanBeachbum06]

The war against Islamic fanatics won't be won with bullets and bombs. It can only be won by a World P.R. effort to explain why targeting innocents can't be God's will. President Obama has the tools for this orator task, but doesn't counter OBL weekly. The soldiers are justly doing what they can to protect innocents.

[iLuvAkeys4ever]

Rachel Maddow shame on you! Are you trying to say that no war can be just! So why the hell did we fight Adolf Hitler. Obama has the job to protect the American people, pulling troops out of Iraq to go fight a just war in Afghanistan is fine with me, and I would go if asked, but I am too old and a female of 40 so I don't think they would want me, but I do think this is a just war!

[johnqpublic81]

Many Progressives believe that the state of perpetual war is a bad thing. We have routed the enemy out of Afghanistan. How would you really define victory in Afghanistan? The enemies we are facing now in afghanistan are the people of afghanistan that are fighting us because we are occupiers. Remember: 15/19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, why haven't we attacked Saudi Arabia?

[psnsam]

Obama is G W Bush II. I guess that is "change we can believe in".

[iLuvAkeys4ever]

psnsam: People like you make me laugh, you sit and complain now, but if he did what you wanted and pulled out all the troops and brought them home you would be happy but what would you do a few months later when because he brought troops home the USA was attacked with a nuclear weapon stolen from Pakistan leaving millions of Americans dead! What would you say then!

[psnsam]

I would say Nuke Pakistan to the stone age!!! That will teach them not to mess with us. Also, we know now the real problem is not the "islamic stone men" in Afghanistan it is Pakistan that is the problem. If Obama is as smart as the media wants us to believe he should have figured it out by now. We really should introduce secularism to the "islamic world". In asia countries like India and Japan have church (or should I say temple) and state separation. Democracy and religion do not mix.

[Orionx26]

Spread the fear... Spear that fear so that we can continue this state of perpetual war that increases our taxes and takes away our civil liberties. Go ahead defend it.

[rpgposer0]

Or be so selfish and stingy that only you and your family mattters. I mean really, the rest of the world doesn't matter, right??

[Staticnz]

How can neo-cons constantly say with a straight face that Obama is actually progressive.

[iLuvAkeys4ever]

Rachel Maddow is crazy, Obama is not Bush. And can she explain to me what Spys do!

[sx200ser]

gotta admit Obama is seemingly more moderate then the primaries Republican attacks that he is the most left wing in the senate. I know this because I'm a liberal. then again Republicans think every democrat is liberal or progressive sadly not many are and thus should be replaced by real home grown libs

[kthhrv833]

IMHO hes trying to fix the mess bush left him

[jamiefhr]

are democrats themselves realising their leader is essentially bush with a difference face and eloquence?

[UberSciFiNerd]

meet the new boss! same as the old boss!

[chatsworthsharp420]

no, obama is lying. the troops are not gonna be sent.

obama is a double-agent

[benfaysal23]

@Title: Abso Fuckin' Lutely!! Same shit (excuse my language mox)

[cabdisomali]

A cancer? Why not evil?? This is why I liked Bush!: He was honest and plain spoken, at-least. Unlike these smooth-talking, backstabbing politicians. Obama, well, never was one to like him simply cuz of his skin color: the only difference between him and Bush!

[Escagedo3rd]

Same verse same as the first!

[lubegz]

Just trying to engage in an intellectual debate with anyone out there who can justify his/her comments.I am opposed to wars of any kind due to my political and religous beliefs, but all of you guys just saying Obama sucks,blahblach,ect; was there really another solution. Pulling out and lettin Afghanistan go back to what it waswould be a slap accross the face to the 3000+ military deaths. Grow up people, when the going gets tough, the tough gotta get going.

[johnqpublic81]

How do you define victory in Afghanistan? From my understanding, Al Queda has been routed. At this point, we are nation building. Also recent numbers put U.S. casulties at around 850. As we have increased our presence there, we have increased the number of our casulties. How can you justify future deaths of our military personal propping up a corrupt government?

[lubegz]

Did I defend the gov't? Or did I just say pulling out prematurely would be the greater evil. The commitment has already been made since 2001.... Build up the Afghan army and out we go, until the Afghan army has a fighting chance, America will not leave whether you like it or not.

[johnqpublic81]

So you define victory as having an Afghan army that is able to repress the will of the people in Afghanistan? Because after all is said and done, it is up to the Afghan people themselves whether they want to embrace extremist Islamic beliefs or not. Our presence there only makes it easier for Al Queda to recruit.

[lubegz]

It's not about me defining victory, but rather you thinking Afghanistan is a lost cause. I respect your views towards Afghanistans sovereignty, but it's not the majority of Afghanistan that supports these extremist views. Do you not think women and children in that region want to be treated fairly, and that by establishing some sort of gov't with a set of rules kinda like the constitution (which the Afghans would make), life would be a little better......?

[johnqpublic81]

Lost cause, I thought we already won. The enemy has been routed. They are now spread out throughout the world. The way they treat their women and children is part of their society, it will not change no matter who is in charge. I thought us being over there was about making us safer, anyways? By trying to change their society and make them more like us, we are in fact making ourselves less safe.

[lubegz]

Make them like us? Ummmmm the UN has a list of basic human rights which all humans are supposed to be entitled to. I'm not defending the war, but seriously I'm liberal and even I am sick of people whining. This shits been going on for almost a decade dude. "The enemy have been routed?" That explains why this last year has been the most dangerous year for US troops so far....I'm done arguing with you, I'm not going to change your opinion and you're not going to change mine.

[Elasaltaculos]

Ah, "liberal" and "open-minded" I see. Democrats have adopted the label "liberal" and dragged it though the mud, as they are in no way liberal.

I suppose the war on terror is popular now that a Democrat is heading it. That is why I fail to see many differences between neo-conservatives and liberals, you follow labels not substance. You would have followed Bush if he had D after his name.

Perhaps China will do the sensible thing and pull the plug on us.

[truefictions]

THERE IS YOUR CHANGE.

The greatest mistake about people who believe in big government is the insanity of trusting politicians. Promises.. more promises.. at the end of the day it's all bullshit. They are there for the money, our money.

Peace

[Zips4Life]

That, my friend, is called a "demogogue." Just like in my high school days, the Student Council President makes all these AMAZING PROMISES, only to not fulfill them when he/she gets elected. Does it matter if the candidate is a D or R (or maybe 3rd party)? NOT AT ALL UNFORTUNATELY!

[Zips4Life]

Oops....I mis-spelled it, it's "DEMAGOGUE"

[PersianPaladin]

"The Bush doctrine" is a distraction from the real issue. The issue is that America needed a new enemy after the "communist" threat (which was really an excuse to destroy genuine democratic reform movements). This apparent enemy was brought home via the events of 9/11 and that of Bin Laden's "Al Qaeda". This was the forging of a new pretext.

[johnqpublic81]

Whatever happened to the "Peace Surplus" that we were suppossed to have after the fall of Communism? How is it that we are spending more then ever on our military while no standing army is even close to our size?

[GirlsofMarijuana]

If Obama is actually given the Nobel piece prize we are in a word of trouble!

[PoliticalSkeptic]

LOL!! Well it's too late now. He's going to get it. I think he plans on pulling them all out in 18 months for political reasons. Just imagine if all of the troops are out just in time for 2012? But in order to do that he has to send in more troops to help keep it kinda status quo until then. Then for all the reasons which we will they should leave now will be presented as new revelations during the 2012 campaign.

[jayrod59]

This Bush doctrine must be reversed somehow. This is nuts, perpetual war, and unconstitutional. Whatever happened to the just war theory?

[chewbaca1989]

HEROIN, duh, CIA.

[chewbaca1989]

OBAMA IS A NEOCON.

Libtard Red Diaper Baby maniacs.

Obama's first boss Henry Kissenger, his foreign ad visor Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Zbigniew Brzezinski: Wrote the GRAND CHESSBOARD.

[chewbaca1989]

We told you so, I voted for Ron Paul.

[gsuitter]

Ditto.

[NuLLx42]

You need a question mark, moxnews

[KosmicCitizen]

What remains of the "American left" needs to abandon the Democratic party.

[timedjumpoff]

Obama just signed his death warrant for 2012. HOORAY!

[NuLLx42]

*Political death

[annielwhite]

FUCK BARRAK OBAMA AND FUCK BUSH

[PoliticalSkeptic]

Well while you are fucking those two jokers i'll be fucking Sarah Palin. haha jk

[danbowski40]

If you are sick and tired if these wars. You better vote for Ron Paul in 2012 or you will just have more of the same.

[johnqpublic81]

I'm hoping that Ron Paul not only runs, but names Dennis Kucinich as his VP. It would pull a large portion of Obama's progressive support out from under him. They would disagree on how to handle domestic issues, BUT we would rest easy knowing they atleast had our best interests at heart.

[SaveOurSovereignty3]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

Nice work Rachel

[forloveoffilm]

I knew Obama was 'one of them' even before he won the nomination, but, for some odd reason, I thought he would pretend - just a little longer - that he was not just another Bush. I think Obama just secured the office for the (R) candidate in 2012.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could elect a real socialist? Hell, Ike and Goldwater were WAY more socialist than Obama!

[Strutinan]

Fuck THAT. You know that the incumbent's party nomination is not AUTOMATIC....

[mynameisbobtoo]

Then Pick up a rifle Mr President. I'll buy off on your war if YOU and congress go and do this first surge....you fuckers go fight 18 months over here with the rest of us grunts, and I'll back you. Until then shut the fuck up.

[MyImago]

WE can't afford this war.

"It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world." - Thomas Jefferson

[EthiopianNews]

Obama will kill & steal more than bush!

[pqpwow]

ANOTHER BUSH =(

[Pvtjamesryan2]

Maddow and the stupid questions.

There is no question that Obama is the half-black version of George Bush.

[Cocalighto]

Remember "McCain, more of the same?"

[LoryLandskipper]

Yeah no kidding. McCain said we could be there for 100 years and everyone went nuts. Now Obama's sending 30,000 troops. Amazing.

[ClassicFIHD]

And what did McCain say following the 100 years comment? Let me help, "as long as out troops are not in harm's way".

[johnqpublic81]

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!!!! HA HA.

[johnqpublic81]

Damn liberal media, Gotta love how PMSNBC always takes Obama's side....errr wait. I like Rachel Maddow, I love how she is taking Obama to task for his escalation of the war in Afghanistan after admitting that they are no longer a threat to the United States.

[NwZ2]

OH NOEZ, THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ISN'T COVERING THIS/BEING CRITICAL ABOUT OBAMA!!!!!

fucking unbelievable.