Another Obama Advisor with Anti-Israeli Views--McPeak on Display

American Thinker/American Spectator ^ | 3-25-08 | Ed Lasky/Robert M. Goldberg

[SJackson]

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“Obama wouldn’t make just a good Commander in Chief. He would make a great Commander in Chief,” McPeak said. “He would rank in the upper 10 percentile of Commanders in Chief we’ve seen in office.

http://www.midiowanews.com/site/tab2.cfm?newsid=18880817&BRD=2700&PAG=461&dept_id=578341&rfi=6

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

Mc Peak has been smoking grass with his fellow liberal commies in Portland

[pgyanke]

Maybe it's just me but I don't see a smoking gun here. There's a lot of innuendo and "let me translate that for you" into something more damning... but his actual words aren't that strong in condemnation of Israel. I agree you can infer a lot from his words... but that's not going to play out easily with the public.

By the way, I served in the USAF under this piece of excrement... don't think in any way that I will ever defend him or his views.

"I don't think increasing the troops helps us get our foot out of the trap--it just puts 20,000 more targets on the ground. ... My going-in strategy would be to disengage, not on a known timetable because it gives too many options to the enemy, but set a course for disengagement out of there, knowing full what will follow will be a disaster. But there is going to be a disaster anyway."

-- Ret. Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, former USAF Chief of Staff (Regretfully), Southern Oregon Mail Tribune, 1/10/2007

[tessalu]

Obama has never been in the US Milatry and is ignorant about it. He would be like Granny Goose trying to lead the country with his experience.

[Brilliant]

Personally, I’d say that our Israel/Palestine policy is broken. Not much damage that Obama can do to that.

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

I too, knew this individual personally while in the USAF.
He is one of the most egotistical a$$holes I've ever met!
Not particularly competent either; I have no idea how he ever became the four-star when I knew him, and can only figure he had political connections to become chief of staff. Once there, his most pressing issue to address was our uniforms: he wanted us to look like airline pilots with British rank insignia! This was right after the first Gulf War, and most could think of much more important things to do.
Fellow officers, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a law prohibiting us from using our rank and military status for political purposes both while on active duty AND for a significant period after retirement? It just galls me to see the SOB using is rank and former position in those Obama commercials!

[Cincinatus]

McPeak's type is well known in the military -- career, but with political ambitions afterwards. Which party they align with is irrelevant. Since the 1970's, only the most incompetent gravitate towards the Dems -- all the good officers want to align themselves with the party that supports the military and that ain't the Dems. So we see the spectacle of the Wes Clarks and this clown, toadying to the most revolting liberals imaginable.

If Barney Frank were leading the Democrat Presidential race, this nitwit would be sniffing his jockstrap.

[elpadre]

Syria & Iran will never allow peace to exist in Palistine.

Peace to radical Islam = the death of Israel

[elpadre]

Syria & Iran will never allow peace to exist in Palistine.

Peace to radical Islam = the death of Israel

[no dems]

I’ve heard that the “older” American Jews, who are heavily Democratic voters, are very nervous with an Obama candidacy. The younger, looney-left, liberal Jews are still enthralled by their “messiah”; B. Hussein Osama-Obama.

[SJackson]

He’ll get his share of Jewish votes. Ending the war is high on the issue list of many Jews, they’re the most anti-war demographic, and Obama is the only overt anti-war candidate. That said he gets about 50% of Jewish primary votes, and about a third of Jewish superdelegates.

[pgyanke]

By your leave, sir, I have borrowed a number of quotes from your homepage. We had a few already in common... God bless you.

[MEGoody]

Personally, I’d say that our Israel/Palestine policy is broken.

In what way?

Not much damage that Obama can do to that.

Sure he can. He could side with the Palies against Israel. (I believe that is what he would do.)

[Brilliant]

Our policy is a dead end anyway. All Obama would do is get it there a little more quickly.

[MEGoody]

Our policy is a dead end anyway.

Again, in what way? What do you think the policy should be?

[Brilliant]

I’m not sure that there is any good policy you can formulate. I just think that in the end, the current policy ends up at the same place where Obama will take us. All policies end up at the same place. It’s hopeless.

[Convert from ECUSA]

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