La chinche española se adelanta
El 20 de marzo, poco más de una semana antes de la Epifanía Europea de Obama, España, cuyo ejército no está por dimensiones entre los 30 más grandes del mundo (Etiopía tienes más tropas que España), cuya invers…

Dear Mr. President, You don’t speak for me. When you go to Europe and say that Americans are “arrogant, dismissive and derisive” of our allies, you don’t speak for me. When you pander to foreign leaders, presuming to speak on……

I hate doing interviews.

hawkdriver on April 3, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Can’t wait to see how she quotes “an un-named Blackhawk Pilot” in her propaganda piece. Godspeed hawkdriver, I will pray for your safety and that of your fellow soldiers until you return. Asking the congregation to pray corporatly also. We do that. I can’t help but feel like a friend is heading into harms way and it hits home more than it has since this all started.

Actually virtually all of our NATO “allies” are REFMs-totally useless in combat and, in fact, most of the time get in the way. The problem in Afghanistan is totally different from Iraq where numbers of troops counted. In Afghanistan a “surge” would not work because, depending on circumstances, 17,000 troops would be sufficient and a 500,000 troop increase would be inadequate. This is due to the safe harbor of Pakistan where the terrorists can flee if pursued. As long as Pakistan provides this safe harbor and the border area remains immune from attack, the war will drag on for eternity. And who do we have to rely on for victory? Our inexperienced (neither military nor private civilian job experience) BHO-our REMF on steroids.

NATO is useless. This is an official NATO mission. We should announce that we will be useless if any NATO “ally” is attacked except for those that participate materially in this mission.

I have had this view since 89. I’m glad to see that Ed and Jake have similar views.

My interviewer for a Washington Post article just called me for a follow up to the first part we did the week before last.

She was almost begging me to say that Afghanistan was the “Forgotten War” and that actions being taken are finally correcting the situation there by building up the boots on the ground. I told her that I thought because of the successes in Iraq that the forces we’re fighting against are shifting attention to Afghanistan and that we’re doing the same. She told me she didn’t see it that way. I told her that I’ve been in both theaters but it’s her papaer and I’m sure she’s going to write what her opinion is.

I hate doing interviews.

I always answer “when you supply the dough and the blood, in commensurate amounts to your mouths, you’re most welcome”.

Badger40 on April 3, 2009 at 1:59 PM

The fact that the world “loved” Bill Clinton shows how shallow the rest of the world already is. And now we’ve caught up with them. The result is our new “President”.

What’s to “love” about the disasters that were Bill Clinton’s foreign policy results?

Rwanda-Clinton did nothing

The increase in Islamic terror that culminated in the 9/11 attacks. And as I said, bin Laden said he wanted those attacks to happen on Slick’s watch, as he was furious that Clinton could get away with adultery. And let’s not forget that it was Clinton who “lost” bin Laden and let him get away-more than once.

Bosnia and Kosovo-American troops are still there.

His laughable “peace plan” for Colombia

Mogadishu

the Second Intifada.

You have a rather warped definition of “love”.

Del Dolemonte on April 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM

I’m thinking most liberals do. Hence their sick life styles.

The world loves us again like with President Clinton.

getaclue April 3, 2009 at 12:04 PM

That the world “loved” the first elected President to be impeached tells you a lot about how clueless they really are. Even more clueless than you are.

9/11 was supposed to happen on President Clinton’s watch, according to bin Laden.

You have a rather warped definition of “love”.

More bad news for the cons.

“A new survey by Gallup shows first lady Michelle Obama surpassing her husband in popularity, with a 72 percent favorable rating to his 69 percent. ”
Adults are in charge.

smokeabong on April 3, 2009 at 11:45 AM

Thanks for sharing that, kid.

Of course, “popularity” polls aren’t the same as “job approval polls”, and in addition, the last time I checked, Michelle had absolutely nothing to do with NATO or the topic of this thread.

Keep soldiering on, though. You obviously have to or Begala will send you to bed without any supper.

At the time, Defense Secretary McNamara asked De Gaulle:

“Does that include all of the Americans in French cemeteries?”

We all know that if another enemy confronts the Frogs, we’ll be the first country they come running to for help.

The President has saved our reputation and will get cooperation.

getalife on April 3, 2009 at 11:49 AM

So there you are! Still mentally masturbating on Hotair! Your President needs you now more than ever in Afghanistan, and maybe Pakistan latter, so why haven’t you joined the Army or the Marines yet, getalife? NATO is letting your President down so he needs you to join up now more than ever. Getalife, don’t keep letting your President down!

Instead we should set up a new treaty force for Eastern Europeans (the former Soviet republics and sattelites) who have proven they have the mettle- Poland, the Baltics, Georgia even.

Tour resulted in no improvement from his NATO partners on its most critical mission.

If supporting a troglodyte misogynistic concoction of Islamic goat fornicators is now NATO’s most critical mission then NATO would be FUBAR.

Afghanistan’s not worth a mullah’s hemorrhoid.
- Ralph Peters