Posted on 05/15/2008 11:35:01 PM PDT by CreativePerspective
If the United States shows signs of weakness, surrender, and a one-sided departure from Iraq, the rejoicing of those who predicted that they would in the end defeat us will profoundly strengthen their resolve for the next battle. Further, without an offensive thrust in Iraq, any military forts or airfields of ours would be sheltered in a defensive enclave -- announcing to those who hate us that they should keep killing two or more Americans every day, drip, drip, drip, until the American people cannot stand it any more. Weakness once shown invites fiercer aggression.
Iran will thus have its nuclear weapon by 2012, secure in the knowledge that Americans have no heart to do battle to prevent it.
In Pakistan, forces of economic and political development will know that they can no longer count on the Americans as a last resort. They would soon - to save their families - begin to yield more and more space to jihadists, terrorists, and promoters of sharia law.
Meanwhile, if Obama keeps his pledge to raise taxes on the top 10 percent of income earners (or even on the top 2 percent), he will give them enormous incentives to alter their behavior, so as to show lower income. Since the top 1 percent of earners pay over 35 percent of all income taxes paid by all Americans, any decline in their income means a steep decline in tax revenues. Obama seems to have no comprehension that raising tax rates at the top dramatically lowers revenue coming in. He will learn the hard way.
His policies on quasi-universal health care will change all the incentives in our current health system - and for the worse.
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If you didn't like the CA Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, just think of the rulings of the SCOTUS after Obama's judicial nominees take office.
How dare you accuse Obama of having bad ideas. It’s sad that Republicans have sunk to such dirty politics. How racist.
Typical white people.
bump for later.
Unfortunately, your picture is much closer to the truth, than anyone is willing to admit.
Implementation of Baker-Hamiliton (Iran appeasement)
* US-Iran Peace Summit claiming regional stability
* More Mid-East talks (Roadmap) Palestine a state
Four years from now, if Barack Obama OR John McCain is president:
Spend billions of US wealth Globalist causes.
Strengthen the UN international system, while dismantling the nation-state system.
Federal working group to implement “never say socialized” healthcare for ALL Americans!
...Oh that means Mexicans south of the border (Healthcare doesn't stop at the Rio Grande)
Pushing for Presidential Fast-track to complete Free trade for the Hemisphere. Will pimp the Hemisphere trade bloc to link with EU.
With a Global Test, bring the USA to war in Africa...under NATO of course, with authorization from the SC, of course. In a catastrophe, allow foreign troops to augment security within the US boarders.
That’s rather spooky. Where’s it from?
2012 with Obama? Millions starve to death in the midst of the second great depression.
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“Meanwhile, if Obama keeps his pledge to raise taxes on the top 10 percent of income earners (or even on the top 2 percent), he will give them enormous incentives to alter their behavior, so as to show lower income. ... Obama seems to have no comprehension that raising tax rates at the top dramatically lowers revenue coming in. He will learn the hard way.”
There’s no lesson to learn there. Obama already knows that. When confronted by a question that raising captial gains tax rate loweres the amount of taxes raised, Obama said that was unimportant. That what was important was ‘fairness’. It was the right thing to do. IOW, Obama is more interested in lowering the income of the top earners than anything else.
I made no assumption. I only pointed out that Obama is on record that the purpose of raising tax rates is to punish the rich and not to increase revenues.
Drives the point home rather well.
Wish the whole country would take a long look at that picture.
Democrats should not be allowed anywhere near the white house or positions of power. Their total and utter incompetence to grasps the basics about the enemies we face may very well bring this nation to it's knees someday.
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