Posted on 07/20/2008 5:48:03 AM PDT by valkyry1
Running for president is a perilous endeavor. Candidates make mistakes.
And Barack Obama is making a serious mistake this weekend.
As he tours Afghanistan, the senator from Illinois says he is "more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking."
That would be good if it were the case.
Unfortunately, Obama is busy making promises.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenation.com ...
Translation: Obama is not listening. He is making commitments.
Obama: “Hey Sherzai - there’s time for those questions later. Watch this jumpshot.”
More from BO..”I really enjoy coming here to Alaskanistan..I thought it was suppose to be colder..anyway..I am proud to be where my uncle liberated this state from gorbachav, hitler and the mean trees from the 100-acre woods..WHEN I am elected..I will instruct the chiefs staff joints to personally come here and fix all out of shape joints..anyway..the gym calls..tata..oh..I almost forgot..change..”
Sherzai likes little boys. It would be interesting to know how he REALLY perceives Obama.
I’ll be back in a few hours
The point to be made here is that the liberal intelligentsia is turning against the Afghanistan fight in the same way that they did the war in Iraq. This was entirely predictable from their past behavior. They claim they will fight for the U.S., but they won’t.
Yep. Wait until they remember the notorious pipeline that oil companies wanted to build, from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan and Pakistan to India.
No blood for oil.
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