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Obama is losing U.S. troops’ hearts and minds
The Daily Caller ^ | 9/15/10 | Dennis W. Bartow II

Posted on 09/15/2010 4:09:52 PM PDT by Nachum

But this time I wouldn’t even consider volunteering to go to Afghanistan because the Obama administration is no longer fighting to win the war. Many of my closest Army friends have deployed to Afghanistan and they confided in me that they would not want to go again because they felt their hands were tied by restrictive rules of engagement (ROE). These highly-trained Special Operations soldiers have a legion of stories about not being allowed to fight as they had been trained.

President Obama’s arbitrary July 2011 deadline for U.S. combat forces in Afghanistan to start drawing down weakens our allies’ resolve and strengthens our enemies’.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bho44; bhofascism; bhotreason; bhotyranny; democrats; fail; hearts; losing; military; obama; palin; troops
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1 posted on 09/15/2010 4:09:53 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 09/15/2010 4:13:08 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum
Obama never had their hearts and minds...


3 posted on 09/15/2010 4:14:50 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Nachum

To the headline: That is just plain stupid, he never had it.


4 posted on 09/15/2010 4:15:11 PM PDT by svcw (Everyday the enemy tries to offer you an apple, when God has already given us an orchard.)
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To: Nachum

He never had them.


5 posted on 09/15/2010 4:15:13 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: Nachum

I find it hard to believe he ever had very many of them...


6 posted on 09/15/2010 4:15:30 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Nachum

Note to author...He never had their hearts and minds.


7 posted on 09/15/2010 4:15:52 PM PDT by Buck-I-Guy
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To: Buck-I-Guy

We all know that.

But- it’s another thing for a soldier to put it in writing.


8 posted on 09/15/2010 4:17:01 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Are you feeling the love in that room? LOL


9 posted on 09/15/2010 4:17:26 PM PDT by workerbee (FAIL, BABY, FAIL!)
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To: svcw

Exactly! How would you feel if you were on board an aircraft carrier and the captain had no idea on how to run the ship. Since the presidents election, our military has been leaderless.


10 posted on 09/15/2010 4:19:20 PM PDT by RC2 (Remember who we are. "I am America")
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To: TexasM1A

23 year vet and now contractor in the Iraq here. A lot of the black troops love him, but not for the content of his character if you know what I mean. I observe this more so among the Guard and Reserve troopers.


11 posted on 09/15/2010 4:20:33 PM PDT by PeteePie (Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Nachum; Tigerized

Good Lord...

ping


12 posted on 09/15/2010 4:21:10 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget. Never Again. (PursuingLiberty.com))
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To: Nachum
Obama is losing U.S. troops’ hearts and minds

He lost his own years ago, now he's losing everyone else's?

13 posted on 09/15/2010 4:22:02 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Nachum; All

http://www.safeguardourconstitution.com/

Add to this the possiblity, raised by LTC Lakin et. Al., the “President” Obama may not be constitutionally qualified to even be giving orders as CinC.....well?


14 posted on 09/15/2010 4:22:32 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: Nachum

I just filled out my DoD survey of military spouses booklet.

1) Marital status?
2) Yrs. married?
3) Branch?
4) Are you serving?
5) Spouse deployed?
6) Times deployed since 9-11?
7) Do you have any family members, friends or acquaintances, including co-workers, whom you believe to be gay or lesbian?
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44)

Crazy.


15 posted on 09/15/2010 4:23:01 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: Nachum; 70th Division; sheik yerbouty; Howie66; pissant; SandRat; SoldiersPrayingMom; ...

Duh, that happened in November 2008. He never had their hearts and minds EVER. Give me a break. Zero disgraces the office of CIC. His disdain for our military and our country is obvious to all; did you notice Zero’s ridiculous salute that he throws at our military when he hops off his chopper or Air Force One. Makes me want to gag. Arrogance in every movement.


16 posted on 09/15/2010 4:23:42 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010.)
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To: Nachum

To 0bama the troops are nothing more than props to make him look good. Whenever he appears at a civilian town hall meeting there are always some service members (probably reservists) in uniform in front of the camera.


17 posted on 09/15/2010 4:24:04 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Nachum
A loss he may absolutely not be able to afford in the very near future.

But then, the push for homosexuals in the military was always about getting people friendly to socialism into a spartan lifestyle fraught with backbreaking labor that is repulsive to the hedonists that make up the progressive flock.

Come to think of it, the movement from squadbays and open barracks to dormitory style housing likely had the same goal in mind.

18 posted on 09/15/2010 4:24:23 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: PeteePie

“A lot of the black troops love him, but not for the content of his character if you know what I mean.”

I am seeing that as well. And I find it sad. NOT that Black soldiers/sailors are proud to have a Black POTUS...but that he is not the right one to be proud about.

I actually feel sorry for them. They feel compeled to support someone that doesn’t deserve, IMO, their support.

I actually believe that the election of Barrack H. Obama as POTUS has hurt race relations in the military and nation.


19 posted on 09/15/2010 4:27:21 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: PeteePie

monolithic in thought, too bad.


20 posted on 09/15/2010 4:27:57 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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