To: dscott8186
2 posted on
09/24/2009 12:08:19 PM PDT by
TheDailyChange
(Politics,Conservatism,Liberalism)
To: dscott8186
3 posted on
09/24/2009 12:10:33 PM PDT by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: dscott8186
Obama’s plan is simple, if horrible. Simply send in an insufficient number of troops and hamstring them with oppressive rules of engagement. Also don't update their equipment. Eventually they will be virtually unarmed as supplies and replacement run out. Then wait for a series of lost battles and high casualties. Since defeat is now inevitable there will be 100% agreement for a pull out. The left because they want the terrorists to win, and the right because they are tired of our soldiers being killed for nothing.
4 posted on
09/24/2009 12:10:47 PM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
To: dscott8186
5 posted on
09/24/2009 12:11:47 PM PDT by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: dscott8186
Because he can’t just “Vote ‘Present’”.
7 posted on
09/24/2009 12:17:31 PM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: dscott8186
Let me guess: because he doesn’t know what the “f” he is doing?
8 posted on
09/24/2009 12:19:00 PM PDT by
fish hawk
(Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
To: dscott8186
No. He is one of them. He was trained in Pakistan. The Pakistan where young muslims go for “training.”
The goal is to humiliate the U.S. military, get more troops killed and to then retreat. Islam scores a great victory like the one they scored in November 2008.
9 posted on
09/24/2009 12:19:23 PM PDT by
Frantzie
(Do we want ACORN running America's healthcare?)
To: dscott8186
Well, I think it’s a little more simple than this. He’s in a pickle because fundamentally, deep down, he doesn’t think it’s RIGHT that we “win.” Therefore, there is not reasonable outcome in which the bad guys just “go away” and we don’t have to win. It’s silly, and dangerous.
10 posted on
09/24/2009 12:19:54 PM PDT by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: dscott8186
I've seen this scenario before. I'm probably older than most on this discussion group, and I not only remember Vietnam, I was serving in the Navy at the time. I remember President Johnson's decision not to run for a second term. The liberal press was supporting Vietnam at first. The MSM was covering up for Kennedy and Johnson then just as they are covering up for Obama now.
There are two factors working in Obama’s favor. First, there is no draft. Believe me, if there was one, things would be very different. The MSM would be chanting, “Hell NO, We Won't Go!”
Secondly, Obama is sorta black. Any criticism of Obama’s handling of foreign affairs is considered racist. The MSM has a vested interest in protecting Obama. They see Obama as a microcosm of the black race in America. If Obama fails, all blacks fail. Blacks that hold conservative views are not considered black by the MSM.
To: dscott8186
Mr. Hope and Change puts Ropes and Chains on the troops.
19 posted on
09/24/2009 12:54:15 PM PDT by
dancusa
(Czars Czuck)
To: dscott8186
I’ll tell you just how screwed Obama is in Afghanistan - he’s taking policy advice from Joe Biden... and that’s not a joke.
25 posted on
09/24/2009 1:27:14 PM PDT by
Kenton
To: dscott8186
C’mon — Obama is stumped on everything.
He’s never done anything in his life and now he’s a military expert — expert on the economy, Wall Street, the automobile industry, medicine, insurance and foreign affairs.
He’s a total and complete fraud.
27 posted on
09/24/2009 2:37:55 PM PDT by
Beckwith
(A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
To: dscott8186
It really does not matter if he delays his decision into next month.
The earliest we can free up additional BCTs for Afghan from Iraq is March. 90-days minimum notice and one month transit means he has until December to decide. That puts the reinforcements in-country for the spring offensive.
An earlier decision will not move them sooner...
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