Obama does not keep promises!
PROOF:
Click on the image above or this video link to hear Barack Obama proclaim that he had a plan to have our troops
out of Iraq by March... of 2008!
Posted on 12/01/2009 3:29:05 AM PST by gusopol3
But now, with Democrats in charge of the entire U.S. government and George Bush nowhere to be found, Pelosi and others in her party are suddenly very, very worried about U.S. escalation in Afghanistan. “There is serious unrest in our caucus,” the speaker said recently. There is so much unrest that Democrats who show little concern about the tripling of already-large budget deficits say they’re worried about the rising cost of the war.
It is in that atmosphere that Obama makes his West Point speech. He had to make certain promises to get elected. Unlike some of his supporters, he has to remember those promises now that he is in office. So he is sending more troops. But he still can’t tell the truth about so many Democratic pledges to support the war in Afghanistan: They didn’t mean it
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Since when did Dems worry about cost? The war is the cheapest thing the Fed Gov is doing these days.
The Dems will support ot , they say for an extra 5% tax on “the wealthy.” How many “5 %’s “ do the wealthy have, anyway?
He’s sending the troops but the stated purpose of those new troops is not to fight but to train. 9,000 Marines are supposed to be the first to go. I don’t think training foreign Armies and Police Forces is in their job description so I’m having a hard time seeing what the purpose is. This new “training” mandate along with the very restrictive ROE in place now virtually assures we won’t be doing anything useful there.
So what’s the point? I think Obama is stuck. He called this the just and right war during the election so he can’t cut and run. On the other hand, he can’t afford daily reports of casualties like we had during the Iraq war. So, he’s decided to honor his pledge to pursue the war there but in such a way as to not actually engage the enemy. Our troops are going to be on permanent post duty, like the Germans who are there. We’re going to have a European military. All show and no go.
I'm sure the AP, etc. will continue to comply.
However, FOX might not. He doesn’t have a complete lock on the media. Yet.
Bill Bennett has Michael Rubin on just now, very informative if you click on Bill bennett listen live button, on the right margin.
OMG, shades of JFK - he's just sending advisers. Who will soon have to fight because they're the subject of attack. The enemy will escalate, he'll pour in more troops, lather, rinse, repeat.
And people say 0bama doesn't know his history. Watch for him to attack Russia on the same date that Napoleon and Hitler did as well.
Can you give a summary? Dial up here.
Did you know Eisenhower had built what they call “the ring road” in Afghanistan ? he says that the strategy should be to focus on that population,that this would be perhaps the less “tribal areas” where a surge strategy might be effective.
Is that the summary from the link you posted? I presume it means we’ll be concentrating on securing the large urban areas and leaving the countryside alone. If that’s what you’re implying, that was the Russian strategy too. Didn’t work out to well for them.
Summarizes by repeating “failed state” as breeding ground for terrorist attacks against US. He is from AEI , teaching troops , Bennett says ( seminars?). Agrees with York’s premise, says certain congressmen can’t just use national security as another political football.
So he said, but what I said would obviously simplify, in what I was able to listen to while getting ready for work, I didn’t hear him compare/ contrast to Russian strategy.
So the Democrats are a tad uncomfortable wearing the WARMONGER’S PARTY label, are they?
Well that’s too bad. I should get a bumper sticker printed up for driving around Ithaca that says...
“Democrats = Afghan Warmongers”.
Probably get some attention.
Not doubt Code Pink will be all over DC blocking traffic, protesting, right?
or are they only protesters of convenience for a party rather than for a principle (hoever misguided it is)?
... as evidenced by yesterday's latest "Blame George W. Bush" spasm -- that GWB, for some twisted reason, allowed Bin Laden to escape from Tora Bora. When in doubt...
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