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Let me be frank—I am angry. I am angry and frustrated, in a way I haven’t been in a long time. During the election, I remember the biggest fear I had about an Obama presidency was his lack of experience in foreign policy and specifically with the military. (Even as recently as two weeks ago, he showed astonishing insensitivity and naïveté when he joked with soldiers in Korea, “you guys make a pretty good photo-op”).

Translation: You were in awe of these young Marines and you have never been aware that this is what these young Patriots do...
...they defend life and liberty here in the United States at the cost of leaving behind family, whether temporarily, or for good.

Such is the price of freedom in America, Ms. McCain, blood and fatherless children.
Does this make you appreciate it more?

OMG, that is too funny... Thanks.

if she knows these are Marines, why does this doofus still call them soldiers ?

Almost there.

General Stanley McChrystal

Is worse than obambi. We expect obambi to stab our troops in the back BUT NOT OUR OWN GENERAL.

Combat rules our own General McKook enforces, thus killing his own troops

The Times compiled an informal list of the new rules from interviews with U.S. forces. Among them:
• No night or surprise searches.
• Villagers have to be warned prior to searches.
• ANA or ANP must accompany U.S. units on searches.
• U.S. soldiers may not fire at the enemy unless the enemy is preparing to fire
• U.S. forces cannot engage the enemy if civilians are present.
• Only women can search women.
• Troops can fire at an insurgent if they catch him placing an IED but not if insurgents are walking away from an area where explosives have been laid.

Get obambi and his generals out of the White House FIRST,
.... then put our troops in combat.

General McChrystal TACTICAL DIRECTIVE -6 JULY 09:

I EXPECT LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS TO SCRUTINIZE AND LIMIT THE USE OF FORCE LIKE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AGAINST RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS AND OTHER LOCATIONS LIKELY TO PRODUCE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS GUIDANCE....THE USE OF AIR TO GROUND MUNITIONS AND INDIRECT FIRES AGAINST RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS IS ONLY AUTHORIZED UNDER VERY LIMITED AND PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS......
....ANY ENTRY INTO AN AFGHAN HOUSE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES, WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ACCOUNT FOR THE UNIQUE CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES TOWARD LOCAL WOMEN.
..NO ISAF FORCES WILL ENTER OR FIRE UPON,OR FIRE INTO A MOSQUE OR ANY RELIGIOUS OR HISTORICAL SITE EXCEPT IN SELF-DEFENSE. ALL SEARCHES AND ENTRIES FOR ANY OTHER REASON WILL BE CONDUCTED BY ANSF.• I EXPECT LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS TO SCRUTINIZE AND LIMIT THE USE OF FORCE LIKE CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AGAINST RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS AND OTHER LOCATIONS LIKELY TO PRODUCE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS GUIDANCE....THE USE OF AIR TO GROUND MUNITIONS AND INDIRECT FIRES AGAINST RESIDENTIAL COMPOUNDS IS ONLY AUTHORIZED UNDER VERY LIMITED AND PRESCRIBED CONDITIONS......
....ANY ENTRY INTO AN AFGHAN HOUSE SHOULD ALWAYS BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES, WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND ACCOUNT FOR THE UNIQUE CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES TOWARD LOCAL WOMEN.
..NO ISAF FORCES WILL ENTER OR FIRE UPON,OR FIRE INTO A MOSQUE OR ANY RELIGIOUS OR HISTORICAL SITE EXCEPT IN SELF-DEFENSE. ALL SEARCHES AND ENTRIES FOR ANY OTHER REASON WILL BE CONDUCTED BY ANSF.
Excerpts from General McChrystal TACTICAL DIRECTIVE -6 JULY 09.

More than 1,000 American troops have been wounded in battle over the past three months in Afghanistan, accounting for one-fourth of those injured in combat since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Thank you President obambi and Gen. McCoocoo.
Excerpts from General McChrystal TACTICAL DIRECTIVE -6 JULY 09.

We had Generals like this one in Nam also.

For once, her anger is properly directed at ObaMao for undermining our military instead of at conservatives for not bending over for the fudgepacker lobby.

Ya think?

McLame looks more constipated than angry..

So, the old adage about a broken clock is proven again. I’m still waiting for the second time of her being right for the day, though.

lol!

This will not be heralded in the MSM the way her mutterings are when she bashes conservatives.

This will be ignored.

Meghan, have Mommy buy you a clue.... Marines are NOT soldiers, they are Marines. You should know better.

I don’t think anybody cares what she has to say...

She needs to hang out with the Cheney daughter ...it might rub off on her

is that what those are... i thought she had someone's a$$ in her shirt...

She looks like a two-bit whore in that picture.

is the irony in that photo on purpose or just some grand cosmic coincidence?

nice boobies..too bad they aren’t anchoring a sharp brain

It’s about time airhead got a clue.

She could have shut up a long time ago as far as I'm concerned. She is a little spoiled brat who obviously thinks her opinion matters for some strange reason.

And George W. Bush hugged Bummer and said he was “OK.” So what. You go into a war, you don’t go in to play rope a dope. Even the Democrat McChrystal agrees on that.

Your father also said during the election

"I have to tell you, [Obama] is a decent person, a person that you do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States."

so you can shut up now.

Let me be frank—I am angry. I am angry and frustrated, in a way I haven’t been in a long time.

Like father like daughter.

re: “A related question, is what is wrong with SC people?”

nothing is wrong except they keep electing Gramesty.