Hasn’t Obama read the intelligence reports? The reports that say that al Qaeda’s success doesn’t rely on whether or not Osama bin Laden and the elite within the organization are dead or alive? If we take out Osama, some reject will pop up to replace him. We’re fighting an ideology, not people.

I’m in Basrah so I can comment on the Iraqi Air Force. They have and use about a half dozen helicopters that are both American-made and Russian-built. They use several small fixed-wing planes for support and surveilance and they’ve got a couple C130’s they use for troop transport to/from Baghdad.

The combination of American and Iraqi forces have completely stifled the insurgent activity around here. We used to have almost daily rocket attacks in our camp and since the militia decided to confront the US military, they have been totally overwhelmed and not a single attack on camp in over 2 weeks.

The local Basrah residents finally have a cellphone/internet system where they can now turn in insurgents/militia to the police with complete anonimity. They’re reportedly receiving hundreds of calls/emails a day and the ‘bad guys’ are being rounded up in record numbers.

Like I’ve said before, if McCain loses to this lightweight, either McCain is incompetent, or a large portion of the American people are idiots.

p40tiger on April 10, 2008 at 9:45 PM

This rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion my adversaries are insane idiots [updated].
- Mark Twain

either McCain is incompetent, or a large portion of the American people are idiots.

p40tiger on April 10, 2008 at 9:45 PM

That would be the latter based on historical data.. RE: 2000 and 2004 Presidential election. And the idiot factor has had four years to grow.

Rodham Clinton = amoral, corrupt, congenital liar who’d do or say anything to get elected; an empty dress pants suit.

DavePa on April 10, 2008 at 8:14 PM

Fixed it

sondiehl on April 10, 2008 at 8:50 PM

Great minds and all that, just like vacuous.

Hussein Obama = vacuous BS artist with a slick delivery style for his long list of platitudes; an empty suit.
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Rodham Clinton = amoral, corrupt, congenital liar who’d do or say anything to get elected; an empty dress pantsuit.

DavePa on April 10, 2008 at 8:14 PM

He corrects himself to say that AQ senior leadership isn’t in Iraq.

So? AQ senior leadership isn’t in America either but we still defend against it, and go after any little fish that might be here.

Egad this guy is as vacuous as most other surrendercrats.

Given that, and given his buildup of warning how great a strategic danger AQ presents to the US, then why does Obama want to retreat from Iraq? We’re trying to take down the whole network. An effective strategy would have us fighting them in Iraq and in the Pakistan/Afghanistan theater — which we’re doing now. We managed to fight two wars simultaneously in 1941-1945 on much larger scales than we face today. If he can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, should he really be Commander in Chief?

Leaving Iraq is not the same as retreating from Iraq.

We had a giant Army in WWII. Now we have a very small army, not even close to half the size we had even during RVN.

The CIC is not the one who has to “walk and chew gum at the same time”.

In 2004, in a little-noted speech, Cody described the Army’s efforts to adapt to its new commitments. (It was attempting to fight terrorism, quell the Taliban, invade and pacify Iraq, and, at the same time, prepare for future strategic challenges, whether in China or Korea or Africa.) The endeavor was, Cody said, like “building an airplane in flight.” Last week, the General appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee and testified that this method of engineering has failed. “Today’s Army is out of balance,” Cody said. He continued: The current demand for our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan exceeds the sustainable supply, and limits our ability to provide ready forces for other contingencies. . . . Soldiers, families, support systems and equipment are stretched and stressed. . . . Overall, our readiness is being consumed as fast as we build it. If unaddressed, this lack of balance poses a significant risk to the all-volunteer force and degrades the Army’s ability to make a timely response to other contingencies.

P.S. General Cody is not one of those LTOL’s (Loons Telling Outrages Lies). In fact: General Richard A. Cody graduated from West Pointin 1972, flew helicopters, ascended to command the storied 101stAirborne Division, and then, toward the end of his career, settled intomanagement; now, at fifty-seven, he wears four stars as the Army Vice-Chief of Staff.

al-Qaeda is in Iraq

Mainly Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn, aka al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, aka al-Qaeda in Iraq, aka AQI is in Iraq.

When is the book on “Obamaisms” comming out? Where are the youtube videos by liberals concerned that we might get a stuttering fool for a president?

bbz123 on April 10, 2008 at 7:01 PM

I am going with
3.) retarded moonbat idiots .

I notice in Sonoma county nobama stickers are on old Audis held together with hippy bumper stickers as I travel down 101 I start seeing more in marina on big ticket cars { which they might be able to afford after nobamas raises their taxes and then it’s off to san fruitcisco and the nuts run that asylum.

William Teach, I was just looking at your blog, I hadn’t heard anything about the Iraqi Air Force being involved in the Basra fight anywhere in the media, thanks for that info. I wish it had said what they were flying though.

Tony737 on April 10, 2008 at 7:16 PM

If you can find the transcript of Petraeus’ testimony it should be in the questioning about Basra’s “desertions”. He did describe what they flew in air support and I think it was most all of the support. You can imagine that wasn’t well received by the Inquisitor! I can’t remember which committee hearing it was though.

Rodham Clinton = amoral, corrupt, congenital liar who’d do or say anything to get elected; an empty dress pants suit.

DavePa on April 10, 2008 at 8:14 PM

Fixed it