Posted on 11/01/2009 5:14:39 PM PST by Starman417
Rush said earlier that he doesn't believe Obama really cares what happens in Afghanistan...only what the war can do for him, and now the dithering liberal is dithering some more. 10 months wasn't enough you see:
Axelrod said Obama would announce a war strategy "within weeks." A senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Obama has still not yet decided what to do, and it remains unclear whether he will decide before he goes to Asia on Nov. 11.
Here is what Rush said earlier and it's dead on accurate:
WALLACE: Let’s talk about a couple of the big issues the president is dealing with now — first of all, Afghanistan. You suggest that he is taking all of this time to decide what to do in Afghanistan to keep his left-wing base on board for health care reform.RUSH: Well, it’s partly that, but I also don’t think he cares much about it. I think once…
WALLACE: Well, come on.
RUSH: No, I — no, see, this is — I know this is going to sound controversial, but I don’t think he cares that — if he — Chris, if he cared about — we’ve got soldiers and their families worrying about what we’re going to do. The general on the ground said we need some more troops.
The policy that he implemented in March he now doesn’t like and is trying to figure out how best to make everybody happy here politically on his side of the aisle and also for his image. Democrats have a tendency to be seen as weak on defense, so he’s battling with that.
But again, if he cared about victory — remember, he said about Afghanistan victory is not something he’s comfortable with, the concept. It reminds him of the Japanese surrendering on the USS Missouri. It made him very uncomfortable.
He wants to manage this rather than achieve victory. He says these things. I don’t know if people actually listen and have them register when he does.
WALLACE: But you say you don’t know that he really cares. Do you at least give him credit for going to Dover, Delaware to honor the remains of soldiers, dead soldiers, who came back from Afghanistan?
RUSH: You know, see, the politically correct thing to say here would be, “Oh, yes, I am very impressed that President Obama decided to go show his concern for the remains, troops who’ve given their lives for freedom in this country.”
It was a photo op. It was a photo op precisely because he’s having big-time trouble on this whole Afghanistan dithering situation. He found one family that would allow photos to be taken. None of the others did.
And of course, when you have a sycophantic media following you around, able to promote and amplify whatever you want, then he can create the impression that he has all this great concern, but the — Bush did this…
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Generals Petraeus and McChrystal should resign and then immediately embark on an Apology Tour of their own: apologizing for our inflicting the idiot obama on the world.
The timing and the singular nature of his visit to Dover give away that it’s a political photo-op.
On MTP today I heard that McChrystal was in charge of Special Forces when Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire.
McChrystal recommended him for the Silver Star for taking ENEMY fire.
This is the man who Obama picked to win this war.
I am stunned. My confidence in us winning there is now shakey.
DOTUS alert!
The President will put off making a decision as long as possible.
He knows that someone will step in and make the decision for him. He realizes that by putting it off Congress may move on it or possibly the Taliban/AQ may get a major/temporary victory that will force withdrawal in the majority’s mind.
This way he is safe.
What p*sses me off is that the SOB has time to play golf when we are one bad weather day away from a massacre of American troops at one of these little small outposts.
parsy, who also thought Bush II should have used Air Force 1 if necessary to get newer vests to the troops ASAP
Maybe so. I just see his question as an interviewer giving the interviewee an opening to express his opinion. I think he probably knew which way Rush would go with it.
The POTUS night trip to Dover to salute real heroes was a set-up to him wimping out on Afghanistan.
“I was so moved...I am determined to spare others this fate...we can do more with diplomacy and drones (same thing), hope-n-change, yadda, blah, blah.”
I just hear Hoechstra on Huckabee and he’s read the secret message from Gen McCrystal...AND WE NEED TO SEND TROOPS NOW! This man “apart” nobama is going to fiddle around until it’s too late to send troops that will make a difference. He is putting our troops in harms way and pretending to “care” while taking all the lilly liverd media to Dover AFB, showing him salute our heroes as they were removed from the plane. That made me SO ANGRY!.
Yeah, it reminds me of the late Bobby Fischer, eccentric US world chess champion, regarded by many as the game's best player. He was a classic “man-child” as well,...totally immature and narcissistic.
You forgot to mention "failed policies of the past", "Bush's fault", "shovel-ready" caskets and other such Zerobamanisms...
Yes, and ‘Boy of Leisure’ — hahah, Rush is great.
Sorry...make that “yadda, Bush, Bush” :)
One thing is certain: BO will never be able to claim
“MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” on anything...especially issues pretaining to security or freedom, here or abroad.
His mission was getting elected, so when he announces he’s pulling the plug in Afghanistan it should be in front of a banner reading “MISSION ABANDONED”.
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