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W.H. Attacks Pentagon Over Afghan Troop Leaks, Denies Reports of Decision; Rahm Emanuel ‘Enraged’
Monday, November 9, 2009
| Kristinn
Posted on 11/09/2009 5:32:03 PM PST by kristinn
Edited on 11/09/2009 7:08:36 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: kristinn
National Security Adviser Jim Jones that flatly denied a decision had been made by Obama. Now that's funny right there, I don't care who you are.
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posted on
11/09/2009 7:46:45 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
(All gray areas are fabrications.)
To: Texas Eagle
"Rahm Emanuel Enraged" *gasp*
82
posted on
11/09/2009 7:49:50 PM PST
by
444Flyer
("Permission to engage the enemy Sir! " " Permission denied." (Under CIC Obamao.))
To: kristinn
Afghan theater Gen. Stanley McChrystal requested 40,000 to 80,000 troops in August saying,
"the war could be lost in twelve months if his request is not met." Well no wonder his request is not being met.
To: kristinn
Obama’s Pentagon leaked this on purpose, then it takes the heat off of him, he denies making a decision as of yet so he can then cut and run later.
84
posted on
11/09/2009 7:52:47 PM PST
by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(There once was a dream called, "Hippy Beat Down." The mere whisper of if caused cops to cry.")
To: kristinn
Both outlets report that Obama has not received final recommendations from his advisers and he would then need time to review them."Final recommendations"? "Time to review"? At this rate, this miserable POS-in-Chief is going to have been out of office for forty years before he finally decides. What a loser.
85
posted on
11/09/2009 7:55:53 PM PST
by
hsalaw
To: kristinn
The Kenyan communist Ubama just wants to keep voting “present”. That p.o.s. apparently cannot make a decision.
Scary.
To: kristinn
Can’t wait for Obama to show up on Oprah and reflect with tears in his eyes about how the Pentagon brass ganged up and molested him.
87
posted on
11/09/2009 7:56:55 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: Texas Eagle
Rahm’s angry. Better keep him away from all butter knives and antique white house furniture.
88
posted on
11/09/2009 7:58:27 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: kristinn
89
posted on
11/09/2009 8:00:40 PM PST
by
NotSoModerate
(Obama's spin isn't ordinary, it's roller coaster ride after a few beers spin.)
To: kristinn
This smells strongly of an attempt to force O’s hand.
Someone in the Pentagon is playing high-stakes poker. Rahm’s reaction signals that the 40k troops was NOT the White House’s decision. This sets a backfire in that direction; the White House must either embrace it or battle through the flames.
If the stakes weren’t so high, I’d be claiming dibs on the popcorn concession.
90
posted on
11/09/2009 8:00:43 PM PST
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
To: CommieCutter
To: kristinn
The leaks in question enraged White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel..Big deal, ballerinas are always pissed off. Something about always being hungry.
92
posted on
11/09/2009 8:02:40 PM PST
by
ladyvet
(WOLVERINES!!!!!)
To: Abathar
"Okay, Im fashionably forming a new hat out of tinfoil, but does anyone else remember how Hillary actually got the job of SoS? All she did was get the word out that Obama asked her if she wanted the job and she ran with it, by the time the media had got through spreading it far and wide he would look like an ass if he didnt give it to her."
Exactly. See my post 90.
93
posted on
11/09/2009 8:02:47 PM PST
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
To: lapsus calami
I haven't really puzzled out why Hillary took the SOS job I think it kept her Presidential hopes, if not alive, undead. She knows that even if she could beat BO in 2012, it would be because he was a disaster, and a divided Democrat party will lose the Presidential election. So, BO wins, or loses, in 2012, and she takes her last shot in 2016.
Or at least she has that option. By leaving the Senate, she has not had to vote either for, or against, the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, Obama Care, or anything else coming down the pipeline. But she can claim to be a loyal Democrat, and American, who gave up her Senate seat to serve the President, and nation. And as for all the special envoys who have made her a figurehead Secretary of State? Would you want to be thought responsible for the long term consequences of BO's foreign policy? You can bet Hillary will, win, lose or draw, write, publish anyway, a book about she kept telling BO he was screwing up foreign affairs, but that he wouldn't listen.
IMHO
94
posted on
11/09/2009 8:06:43 PM PST
by
Pilsner
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
I'm in with you all. As someone posted earlier, this coming after Ft. Hood adds another element to it all, imo. Someone is asking for cover. Someone may or may not get it.
To: Pilsner
Good opinion piece. I've even wrangled that very scenario over in my head and like the other dozen or so in mind, always managed to find some persistent fault of some sort. All I can say is that Hillary is the only one who knows for sure but that doesn't mean she's going to clear anything up and truthfully.
96
posted on
11/09/2009 8:15:24 PM PST
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Very plausible that there's such a knockdown drag-out going on, the details of which we're not privy to just yet.
Gonna be interesting.
97
posted on
11/09/2009 8:19:23 PM PST
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: kristinn
Enemy list is growing,cia,pentagon etc
98
posted on
11/09/2009 8:19:31 PM PST
by
italianquaker
(“Every inch of this Administration is rife with corruption and cronyism.” --- Michelle Malkin)
To: kristinn
This is getting good.
For a couple of months now the Pentagon brass has been escalating...undermining the POTUS. It's like they KNOW they've earned the trust of the vast majority of the American people...paid for in blood...and now they're cashing in.
Obama DARE NOT fire any senior general at this time, it would further erode his credibility and trust ratings with the American people.
The Pentagon has basically told the POTUS, go big or go home.
99
posted on
11/09/2009 8:21:16 PM PST
by
Mariner
To: dr_who
100
posted on
11/09/2009 8:22:36 PM PST
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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