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$700+ billion a year is what we blow on defense these days, a capella.

We could make due without most of it.

As for “entitlement” programs…I’d guess most of the posters here rely on checks from the government or one of its many contractors.

Why not ask them if they could get by without their government checks?

alphie on July 14, 2008 at 3:32 PM

I for one have never served in the military or in any governmental position, including contractors with federal projects. And, as a private sector employee, I must say the intelligence of your comments consistently underwhelms me.

before we lose that one, too.

Typical Lefttard. Saying we lost in Iraq, and we will lose in Afghanistan.

That is why we must stop Obama. Bush would not take losing in Iraq, even though the left tried real hard to make us lose. Now they will try to lose in Afghanistan.

alphie is a dipshit.

I suspect that Obama will find much in Iraq that he hasn’t known before

Understatement of the day.

You need to define “permanent.” Gitmo is permanent. What we have in Germany, Japan, and Korea are “temporary” in that they are subject to agreements being renewed. Subic Bay in The Philippines is an example of a temporary base whose agreement was not renewed.

You are right about that, but no way will be not have a base there with the current situation in the middle east. (Israeli-Palestine conflict, Iran seeking nukes, etc.) I was comparing the Iraq bases to the bases in Germany, Japan, Korea, etc. You are correct about the need for the agreements to be renewed.

Maybe you should concentrate on learning Arabic instead of Spanish. Then you’ll know what these guys are saying, instead of waiting on someone to translate it for you.

Just sayin’

alphie on July 14, 2008 at 3:32 PM

What’s the matter, slow day at the Porta-potty?

He addresses the “war of choice vs. war of necessity” arguments, and concludes they’re empty-headed. I’d add it’s a sign the opponents of the war are struggling with the reality of genuine success of counter-insurgency operations in Iraq. He also….

Not even a beta. Just a little alphie male.

Gilda on July 14, 2008 at 3:07 PM

I wouldn’t even rate Alphie that high. For some reason, gelding comes to mind. Neither male nor female, more like an it.

We could make due without most of it.

As for “entitlement” programs…I’d guess most of the posters here rely on checks from the government or one of its many contractors.

Why not ask them if they could get by without their government checks?

Not even a beta. Just a little alphie male.

Gilda on July 14, 2008 at 3:07 PM

LOL!

And once you’ve got your pick of the alpha males, the Clearasil-scented alphie males can be safely and quickly discarded. Yuck, didn’t want them in the first place.

Moral of the story:
Barack Obama: He’s just not that into you

Maybe we should start a pool on the (mis)direction of Alphie’s next comment.

cs89 on July 14, 2008 at 1:44 PM

I’m surprised he’s back. JonRoss, oldnuke and a few others schooled him on relative costs of the military budget vs entitlement programs the other night. It was embarrassing. I started feeling sorry for him. He just went silent.

alphie, you’re such a beta.

john1schn on July 14, 2008 at 1:17 PM

Not even a beta. Just a little alphie male.

i am going to take a guess and surmise you live in an old house,

one where the paint chips you nibble on contain lead.

Should help Obama over the top this November.

Maliki is as lame a duck as Bush…Iraq elections next year.

Who cares what he thinks?

alphie on July 14, 2008 at 12:48 PM

Maliki has been a great leader in the hottest zone in the world right now.

As for the initial Maliki statement which obama took hook,line and sinker, it was a plant.

Pure and simple, Maliki and all of Iraq know who they dont want learning the process while their country fights for its life and thats obama.

good for Maliki, the dems have been trying to create the death of our new allies in the middle east and it doesnt surprise me one bit that a little touche’ was in order.

You need to define “permanent.” Gitmo is permanent. What we have in Germany, Japan, and Korea are “temporary” in that they are subject to agreements being renewed. Subic Bay in The Philippines is an example of a temporary base whose agreement was not renewed.

In what freaking world? Even the NYT and Obama acknowledge there will be, moron.

amerpundit on July 14, 2008 at 2:13 PM

You’re arguing with a child who watches port-potties and dreams of a day when they will be all over suburbia. Click on his name….

and there won’t be any after we leave.

In what freaking world? Even the NYT and Obama acknowledge there will be, moron.

There weren’t any al Qeada members in Iraq before we invaded that poor country, Amer, and there won’t be any after we leave.

Better get some more troops to Afghanistan before we lose that one, too.

alphie on July 14, 2008 at 1:36 PM

That “poor” country? Its leader was killing hundreds of thousands of his own people, sponsoring terrorism, and (according to the Clinton Administration as well) pursuing nuclear weapons.

As for Al Qaeda, Saddam was sponsoring Al Qaeda groups. Were they present in the country physically? Probably not. But they were being funded by it.

Maliki’s own office misquoted him, and the press picked it up and broadcast it around the world. However, the Iraqi government has tried to clarify it for at least a day now. Their national-security adviser, Muwaffaq al-Rubaie, emphasized that the Iraqi government wants broad, general “timeline horizons” — and that the withdrawal of American combat troops should be contingent on the readiness of Iraqi Army units that would take their place.

I kept waiting for this shoe to fall. Let me ask a question. When Maliki’s office released the origional statement was in written in English? Or was it translated into English by those hired as translators for the media? The MSM is so invested in driving a wedge between Iraq’s leadership and the Bush Administration, we ought to put a hold on anything they report that is in opposition to what we know to be the past history between Maliki and Bush. After all that Maliki has said, this last statement made no sense … as it was translated and reported.

Previous to all the hulabaloo, the US military said they were transitioning their forces to other duties as they turned over provinces to the Iraqi control as the IA increased their capability. That seems to me to be the timeline horizons