Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on October 21, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Recently, President Obama’s advisors have decided that it’s easier to blame the Bush Administration than support our troops. This weekend they leveled a charge that cannot go unanswered. The President’s chief of staff claimed that the Bush Administration hadn’t asked any tough questions about Afghanistan, and he complained that the Obama Administration had to start from scratch to put together a strategy.
“In the fall of 2008, fully aware of the need to meet new challenges being posed by the Taliban, we dug into every aspect of Afghanistan policy, assembling a team that repeatedly went into the country, reviewing options and recommendations, and briefing President-elect Obama’s team. They asked us not to announce our findings publicly, and we agreed, giving them the benefit of our work and the benefit of the doubt. The new strategy they embraced in March, with a focus on counterinsurgency and an increase in the numbers of troops, bears a striking resemblance to the strategy we passed to them. They made a decision – a good one, I think – and sent a commander into the field to implement it.
“Now they seem to be pulling back and blaming others for their failure to implement the strategy they embraced. It’s time for President Obama to do what it takes to win a war he has repeatedly and rightly called a war of necessity.”
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rockmom on October 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM
You forgot the productive American citizen/taxpayer.
wepeople on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
God bless you Mr. Cheney. Stay in the game sir, the Country needs you to periodically kick the Chosen One and the ballerina in the place where other men, excluding BO and rahm, keep their frank and beans.
David in ATL on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
It’s too bad there aren’t more fellas out there with steel in their spine like Dick Cheney. If there are, they’re nowhere near DC (and probably like it that way).
ted c on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
You forgot the productive American citizen/taxpayer.
wepeople on October 21, 2009 at 11:20 PM
yep, he’s got a jackboot on his neck.
ted c on October 21, 2009 at 11:21 PM
putting baracky on notice. good stuff.
runner on October 21, 2009 at 11:22 PM
Can you amagine Gov. Palin giving the same speech. It would have been must see TV. The sarcasm would have oozing out of you HDTV or in Obama’s case his BSTV(B*llsh!t TV). RNC to the second power.
Clyde5445 on October 21, 2009 at 11:23 PM
I doubt those are anywhere on Obama’s list.
justltl on October 21, 2009 at 11:23 PM
One too many shots!
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:01 PM
HornetSting: Can you see the runway!
Flaps should be down,speed around 100 knots,
hopefully your wheels are down as well,and
screw the glidescope, it àin`t gonna matter!
Good Luck Sting!:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Urkel just got his a$$ handed to him by Dick Cheney.
Old Hippie Vet on October 21, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Don`t count on it, he is obviously a slow learner! How many smackdowns will it take? over/under anyone?
bluemarlin on October 21, 2009 at 11:24 PM
I miss this guy. He’s got the balls to tell it exactly like it is. I would pay big bucks to see him debate Bambi. He’d make mincemeat out of him. Liz is every bit as smart as her father, not to mention she scares the hell out of the left. I can’t wait to hear, “I, Elizabeth Cheney Perry, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States…”
Dopenstrange on October 21, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Dick Cheney thank you for not letting the two year old in chief get away with his crap.
Awesome.
Gracelynn on October 21, 2009 at 11:25 PM
The runway sharpened my stinger….
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
The Obama administration fully expected to get away with their thugish behavior and blame-game. This because they believed the unwritten rule about the previous administration keeping quiet.
Expect them to complain shortly about VP Cheney not playing-by-the-rules.
Expect Cheney to respond with go-pound-sand, publicly, and go-f**k-yourself, privately
Yoop on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Urkel just got his a$$ handed to him by Dick Cheney.
Old Hippie Vet on October 21, 2009 at 11:24 PM
_____________________________________________________
“Urkel”…ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Dopenstrange on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Rham and the O are just insecure.
Aviator on October 21, 2009 at 11:28 PM
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:12 PM
you forgot
801: Create Jobs
802: Stimulate Economy
803: Protect the Country
804: Promote American Values
ted c on October 21, 2009 at 11:17 PM
ted c:D*mmit I missed a few again!
805 through to 900,Manufacture Outrages,to create
appearances of CRISIS`s,find ways to blame GOP!:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:29 PM
LOL You owe me a new monitor!!!!
Old Hippie Vet on October 21, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Obama is a dangerous incompetent when it comes to his Commander in Chief responsibilities.
Phil Byler on October 21, 2009 at 11:31 PM
The runway sharpened my stinger….
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
HornetSing: Thats just nasty!
A Carrier landing,your just lucky to have a
sharpened stinger,how was the approach?:)hehe
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:32 PM
dangerous incompetent
Phil Byler on October 21, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Phil Byler: No sh*t!!
Incompetently Dangerous!!hehe:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:34 PM
Thank goodness someone is willing to speak truth to bullchit! We miss you, Dick Cheney!
indypat on October 21, 2009 at 11:35 PM
The buck stops with the guy who was in this office last year.
unclesmrgol on October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Yoop on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
So true.
Alinsky would say to use your enemy’s own rules against him-in this case relying on Cheney et al to keep silent.
Cheney just stuffs that in their faces.
Beautiful.
justltl on October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
This read more like a pep rally at the CFR…
jerrytbg on October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Hornets don’t have flaps, so I just zeroed in on a handsome Navy man and hit the deck.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Your list is 100% totally inaccurate. You should be embarrassed for posting that!!!!
… #1 on the list of threats is Fox News of course …
geez ‘mon …
PackerBronco on October 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Has The One had ‘fun house’ mirrors installed? They keep doing all these really tacky and stupid things.
I expected all the wild, left, third world type garbage. And, frankly, I expected Him to use the first person pronoun like spaces between words but a lot of this stuff is beyond the level of stupid I expected. Quite beyond.
Oh, I don’t believe He knew that President Bush had a strategy. He probably never checked. He just works the press on His narrative and rolls.
IlikedAUH2O on October 21, 2009 at 11:38 PM
He can’t make a decision until the health bill passes, because he doesn’t want to upset his far left soros jack thugs, they might vote against his health care for spite.
I am mad at Bush for being so honorable to a despicable. lying administration. Then for Bush Sr to invite the liar in chief to come and talk to his group, I just can’t understand it. He knows that he criticizes his son every time he takes to a mic (and we all know how often that is). I know they are honorable men, but honestly.
Go Cheney! Both Cheney and his wife and his daughter, Liz could give then all a run for their money. I don’t know his other daughter, so I didn’t include her.
Bambi on October 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I sure miss the testosterone Cheney brought to Washington. I don’t think there is much of it there today, certainly not in this administration.
Can anyone think of anybody in the Obama czardom or cabinet that will own up and act in OUR interests? Instead of apologizing for America, these players should be apologizing TO America for putting us into debt we can’t ever begin to settle, making our military response weaker,dumbing down our educational system, utilizing Chicago style politics,etc., etc.
manateespirit on October 21, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Just like running across the living room…jumping up in the air and falling to the carpet and putting your nose on a postage stamp…piece o pie…;)
jerrytbg on October 21, 2009 at 11:42 PM
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Your list is 100% totally inaccurate. You should be embarrassed for posting that!!!!
… #1 on the list of threats is Fox News of course …
geez ‘mon …
PackerBronco on October 21, 2009 at 11:37 PM
PackerBronco: O.M.G.,your right,thats target uno number
1,i will find a quiet corner in zee house
and straighten myself out,tee-hee!:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM
There isn’t enough awesome sauce in the entire world to cover all that awesomely awesome awesomeness.
Christien on October 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Cheney/Cheney 2012, DeMint as Senate majority leader and Joe Wilson as speaker of the House.
mmm mmm mmm.
justltl on October 21, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Hornets don’t have flaps, so I just zeroed in on a handsome Navy man and hit the deck.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
HornetSting: Like this!!haha:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSQ2cdLJR-U
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:48 PM
And yet we’ll pour it on.
Awesome.
Sapwolf on October 21, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Seek and destroy.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:54 PM
I think I tried that last year during the debates….’my friends and UH…DRINK’-right before heading to the ER to get the ol’ stomach pumped. :)
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:55 PM
The only adult in Washington. Dick Cheney should be Prez!!!!!!!!
jwp1964 on October 21, 2009 at 11:56 PM
There isn’t enough awesome sauce in the entire world to cover all that awesomely awesome awesomeness.
Christien on October 21, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Christien: Thats CLARITY,well said,and sooooooo true:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Seek and destroy.
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 11:54 PM
HornetSting!Amen:)
canopfor on October 21, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Dick Cheney is fingernails on a chalkboard to to the Left.
The man is a national treasure.
Bruno Strozek on October 21, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Where is my Dick Cheney News hour, I’d watch it every day just to watch him rip everyone to shreds.
Rbastid on October 22, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Grow Fins on October 21, 2009 at 10:55 PM
You likey very much being A-Hole #1.
heshtesh on October 22, 2009 at 12:02 AM
He did Mr.Cheney! He met with Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow for 2 and a half hours! I’m sure – to discuss the inconvenience that is Afghanistan.
JeffinOrlando on October 22, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Darth Vader slaps Beavis.
fogw on October 22, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Where is my Dick Cheney News hour, I’d watch it every day just to watch him rip everyone to shreds.
Rbastid on October 22, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Rbastid: Need a name for Cheneys new show on FOX!!
The Buckshot hour!!
Cheney`s Birdshot Hour!!
Straight shoot’n with Dick!!hehe:)
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 12:06 AM
This kind of like Obi Wan Kenobi vs. Urkel.
Star20 on October 22, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Hornet,
Been there…I think..;)
jerrytbg on October 22, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Cheney slices like a hammer.
Christien on October 22, 2009 at 12:11 AM
McChrystal’s, Obama’s hand picked general after he sacked his predecessor, “Bridge on the River Kwai”/”COIN” strategy in Afghanistan is idiotic, and arguably dereliction of duty (see ROE), on a staggering scale.
We don’t win by destroying the Taliban. We don’t win by body count. We don’t win by the number of successful military raids or attacks, we win when the [Afghan] people decide we win.
- General McChrystal (in London last week)
Pre-occupied with protection of our own forces, we have operated in a manner that distances us — physically and psychologically — from the people we seek to protect.
- General McChrystal (from his COMISAF assessment of the war in Afghanistan)
What Is Victory?
Rarely has there been such a dramatic disconnect between rhetoric and reality. On Afghanistan, the national-security Right talks about “victory,” concerned Democrats talk about “success,” and Obama allies such as Sen. John Kerry talk about the “fulfillment of our mission.” They aren’t talking about the same thing. The somnolent press is content to court, rather than clarify, this confusion, but that’s no reason for the rest of us to go along for the ride.
The issue is not Obama’s inconstancy; it is the dubious nature of the mission. And I don’t mean the “mission” implied by the Right’s rhetoric; I’m talking about the mission as it is conceived by the theater commander. In a lengthy essay for the magazine section of last Sunday’s New York Times, Dexter Filkins, who was granted extraordinary access to General McChrystal, states the matter succinctly:
What McChrystal is proposing is not a temporary, Iraq-style surge — a rapid influx of American troops followed by a withdrawal. McChrystal’s plan is a blueprint for an extensive American commitment to build a modern state in Afghanistan, where one has never existed, and to bring order to a place famous for the empires it has exhausted.
Do you favor such a proposal? Is this what you thought American troops were being sent to Afghanistan for? Is this the mission we thought we were setting out to accomplish when American military force was unleashed after the September 11 attacks?
They made a terrible decision that has resulted in more American troops being killed for nothing.
Remains to be seen.
They have implemented that strategy.
Win what? Afghan Muslim’s Hearts & Minds and Unicorns & Flowers? Madness!
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Mr. Cheney, surely you are aware of the importance being reelected means. American grand strategy must take a second place to insuring the loyalty of important domestic blocks. Too bad for the guys that get killed, but you have to break a few eggs to make a liberal omelet–and a liberal omelet is obviously the only fit meat for the nation, so the ends justify the means. Plus, it’s just soldiers. Screw them.
On a more serious note:
The Chief Executive should pull out now or reinforce…now. Period. Take your hits like a man…if you can.
Time on the basketball court may have toned the body but it doesn’t seem to have toned the fortitude. Pity.
Horatius on October 22, 2009 at 12:12 AM
It’s nice to know that we haven’t had any military casualties in the last month over in Afghanistan, while Ogabe contemplates his navel. Or …. is it that the MSM is not reporting them, to cover for this coconut-head weasel we have for a president.
My guess is, brave men ARE dying while Ogabe looks around for an excuse to backpedal again, turn his back on his hand selected commander and give the finger to our men and women in uniform.
Girly man.
fogw on October 22, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Tomorrow won’t be pretty for Obama and Mr. Cheney will be declared “enemy of the state”, promptly.
Schadenfreude on October 22, 2009 at 12:13 AM
American shot over drink of water
In Kabul, the capital, an American service member and an Afghan police officer got into an argument because the American was drinking water in front of the Afghan police, who are not eating or drinking during the day because of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, said the district chief, Abdul Baqi Zemari.
The police officer shot the American and seriously wounded him, while other American troops responded and seriously wounded the police officer, Zemari said.
Lt. Robert Carr, a U.S. military spokesman, confirmed an incident between Afghan police officers and a U.S. police mentoring team. He could not provide information on the conditions of the two men.
What do you need?
- McChyrstal (to Afghans)
Apparently what Afghans need, General McChyrstal, is to make American troops submit to Islam or die.
Who appointed this %$^&*(# as general in charge in Afghanistan? Oh that’s right, the %$^&*(# in the White House.
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:16 AM
“like a man”? You assume this is a man? This is an underdeveloped narcissistic teenager, a cipher.
“tone the fortitude”? He doesn’t have a functioning brain, just an ego. Plus, the world loves him like this. He’s a world prince and no more.
Schadenfreude on October 22, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Although in Washington they may talk about the 90,000 soldiers in the Afghan National Army, no one has reported actually seeing such an army anywhere in Afghanistan. When 4,000 U.S. Marines were sent into Helmand Province in July to take on the Taliban in what is considered one of its strongholds, accompanying them were only about 600 Afghan security forces, some of whom were police. Why, you might ask, didn’t the ANA, 90,000 strong after eight years of training and mentoring, handle Helmand on its own?
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Agreed. The dumbness of the Obama administration will continue right on schedule.
Please go after Cheney. Pretty please with sugah on it.
fogw on October 22, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Funding reconstruction programs in places dominated by the insurgency fuels the war economy and thus the Taliban itself. In August, one Afghan contractor in Kandahar told me that in order to work outside the city, he had to pay hundreds of dollars a month to local insurgents. In addition, the population can easily reap the benefits of reconstruction programs and still support the insurgency. Not far from Kabul, some members of a Western-funded shura (tribal council) were recently unable to participate in a session because of wounds suffered in battle against coalition forces the previous night.
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:19 AM
A Marine Corps Sergeant Major Speaks
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Of course it does.
The Obama White House has adopted many of Bush’s policies:
…are just a few of the Bush policies that Obama has embraced.
Of course having successful programs passed down to you does not ensure success for the next President.
You still need leadership ability,courage,and strong decision making,…all qualities Obama lacks.
The Obama administration can have all the petty opinions of Bush all they want, but they can’t deny the facts of some of Bush’s successes:
(via gateway pundit)
US Troops Enjoy Salsa & Yoga Classes in Iraq Thanks to Massive Success of Bush Surge
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 5:47 AM
Jim Hoft
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/10/us-troops-enjoy-salsa-yoga-classes-in-iraq-thanks-to-massive-success-of-bush-surge/
All the partisan,petty sniping by Obama and his liberal supporters can’t hide the fact that it they had there way,genocide and all out civil war would have taken place in Iraq instead of the success that is occurring there now thanks to President Bush and the American Soldier.
But Obama is to busy hosting parties at the White House, doing fund-raisers,and working on shutting down free speech to notice what real leadership and success bring to the world.
The pathetic Obama administration will do more to vindicate Bush and sooner than history will.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Thanks for bringing us back to reality…
Much can be said of the graveyard of empires
nite all…
jerrytbg on October 22, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Win what? Afghan Muslim’s Hearts & Minds and Unicorns & Flowers? Madness!
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:11 AM
MB4: The Taliban need to feel fear,every second,every minute
and they do not no where death comes or calls!
Afghanistan somehow does need a State,how that is pull
ed off is a good question!
And,offer a secure camp,for protection of the women and
children,then,all -out-war-by any means and ordance and
finish it,anything from the mountains to Puckistan is
the Dead Zone,subject to be fired upon at any moment,
nuclear warheads if neccessary!!
Imagine a ballistic missile from a submarine,you would
n`t hear it come`n!!:)
Jus sayin!!:)
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 12:25 AM
The DingBat Messiah is stalling for time, looking for a way to bug out of the “war of necessity”.
Really Right on October 22, 2009 at 12:26 AM
That made my blood boil. I think it’s time to just drop a couple of MOABS and call it good. Not worth the trouble.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Night, Jerry.
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 12:28 AM
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Thanks for bringing us back to reality…
Much can be said of the graveyard of empires
nite all…
jerrytbg on October 22, 2009 at 12:23 AM
jerrytbg: Yup,Jtbg,I agree as well,and I’m off to
SleepVille as well,
nite everyone:)
canopfor on October 22, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 12:22 AM
I feel your pain.
Oops! Just kidding. I’m enjoying your pain.
Really Right on October 22, 2009 at 12:30 AM
“What is thy bidding, my master?”
Terry_Dyne on October 22, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Obama vs. McChrystal?
Reading Gen. McChrystal’s Afghanistan assessment is easier than reading tea leaves, but judging by the murkiness of the debate about Afghanistan, few in the media or politics have read it. I say this having watched public discussion turn disagreement over troops levels into The Question of Consequence regarding overall strategy. Conservatives, listening to “the commander in the field,” play McChrystal as The Hawk who wants to crush America’s enemies into rubble (or, at least, more rubble than they are already in) as opposed to Obama The Wimp, whose hesitation and apparently dwindling support for a “surge” in Afghanistan threaten to turn McChrystal’s winning strategy into a politically correct and ineffective recipe for defeat.
But what really separates Obama and McChrystal? Judging by publicly available statements and writings, nothing much. Which is why — prediction time — McChrystal probably won’t quit when Obama gives him fewer forces than McChrystal is asking for.
Why? If you read McChrystal’s report, the general makes it very clear that his change in strategy, not his change in troop levels, is his top priority. But this change in strategy is almost always left out of debate — and certainly out of the conservative end of the debate, which focuses on giving the general the forces he wants to win. What McChrystal actually wants to win — the support of the Afghan people, which is the basis of his new strategy — is never mentioned.
This strategy change to “population protection” at the expense of “force protection” (or, better, this strategy change intensification because certainly key aspects of such a policy have long been in place) is in fact a politically correct and ineffective recipe for defeat, and, therefore, something right up the boss’s alley.
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Come on MB4,you know Obama has to much on his plate to worry about this war stuff.
Obama’s got to organize the next Earth,Wind,and Fire party at the White House….
…He’s got fund-raiser’s to attend…..
…..He’s got pick-up basketball games to play….
…He’s got more TV appearance’s with Letterman and Steph….
….He’s got propaganda strategy meetings with Olberman,Dowd,NYTimes,and Wapo …..
…He’s got the War on Fox to oversee……
…..He’s got the war on insurance companies to oversee….
…He’s got the war on business’s and the private sector to oversee….
Priorities MB4…..
…sleep easy tonight Chamberl…oh sorry….Obama is bringing peace in our time.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 12:33 AM
Where have all of the Pattons gone?
Johan Klaus on October 22, 2009 at 12:33 AM
More command dysfunction from the front.
From the NYT’s long magazine story about Gen. Stanley McChrystal — sonorously titled “His Long War” — a perfect illustration of the circular crash course commanders have ordered US troops to run according to a dizzy-making “strategy” to make them like us.
First, the article set-up. Afghanistan. McChrystal. Dust. Setting down in his Black Hawk helicopter in an Afghan town surrounded by bodyguards and commanders, stripping off his protective gear to walk the streets … “What do you need here?” he repeatedly asks villagers like some glorified door to door salemans … Story pulls back to McC’s “the assesment” (incompletely described as usual), McC’s troop “surge,” McC’s nation-building “blueprint” (no mention that the US already nation-built for 30-some years to no avail).
Now, the anecdote:
It begins with some Marines walking 12 miles down the road from Garmsir, the town Gen. McChrystal had visited a fews days earlier, asking the townspeople, “What do you need?” as mentioned above.
Someone send this photo to Gen. McChrystal. It answers his question to local villagers: “What do you want?”
(To kill Americans.)
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:34 AM
We need to do what The Precedent explicitly said he would do, back in the campaign (which was about the only thing that I agreed with him on, even though I knew that he was just lying when he said it) is operate in Pakistan and clean that whole situation up. The Afghanis can handle themselves, and they had better not get in the way.
They should replay The Precedent’s own quote right in front of the imbecile. He’d lose it and start babbling more incoherently than usual, letting out something that would just turn everyone’s stomach. Do it to Gibbels.
progressoverpeace on October 22, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Thanks,
You sound like my wife.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Obama vs Cheney — bringing a weiner to a gunfight. That is either Cheney.
GnuBreed on October 22, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the Gods?
Where’s the streetwise American
To fight the rising odds?
Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
- Bonnie Tyler
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Surely you meant a wiener, a tiny one.
Schadenfreude on October 22, 2009 at 12:41 AM
Where have all the Pattons gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the Pattons gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the Pattons gone?
Gone to Obama graveyards every one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
Where have all our freedoms gone?
Long time passing
Where have all our freedoms gone?
Long time ago
Where have all our freedoms gone?
Obama is destroying them one by one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
Where have all our trillions gone?
Long time passing
Where have all our trillions gone?
Long time ago
Where have all our trillions gone?
Gone to Obama thugs and cronies every one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
Where have all the constitutionalists gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the constitutionalists gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the constitutionalists gone?
Gone to Obama Stalags every one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
Where have all the children gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the children gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the children gone?
Gone to Obama indoctrination camps every one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
Where have all the Obama Health Care hospitals gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the Obama Health Care hospitals gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the Obama Health Care hospitals gone?
Covered with shutters every one
When will America ever learn?
When will America ever learn?
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 12:44 AM
On a more serious note, it was reported that the fertilizer we are providing to the villagers is being confiscated by the militants, and used to make IEDs.
link
GnuBreed on October 22, 2009 at 12:45 AM
“The Peter Principle”.
Johan Klaus on October 22, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Nite Canopfor!
Nite everyone!
HornetSting on October 22, 2009 at 12:50 AM
Gute Nacht.
Johan Klaus on October 22, 2009 at 12:53 AM
President Obama keeps roaring out deadlines like a lion – only later to meow like a little kitty.
Schadenfreude on October 22, 2009 at 12:54 AM
Please…
No way in he!! Obama (the genius who said the surge would not work and is trying his best to surrender in the Afghan/Pakistan theater) would provide the resources and men to take 3 divisions,do a 90 degree turn and be able to attack the center of the German “bulge” in less than 72 hours.
Obama would have insisted that we talk to the Germans,only send enough troops for “peace keeping”,and let them know we are sorry for acting like such bullies in the European region.
Obama is only holding on to the Bush appointees and military people that want to fight because he does not want to be bothered by this international headache that is obstructing his socialist vision of America.
There will be many resignations and firings in the near future.
The new faces will look nothing like the Patton’s or Petraeus’s.
They will look more like the LBJ’s and McNamara’s.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Unlikely Hero
MB4 on October 22, 2009 at 1:00 AM
The damage is done. President Paintywaist has already sent a huge signal of timidity to the Taliban. They know this guy wants out of Afghanistan, new troops or no new troops. They know if they can repeat a larger scale BlackHawk Down, President Pantywaist will run. Nice job, Barry.
pearson on October 22, 2009 at 1:05 AM
I love Dick..Cheney!
HornetSting on October 21, 2009 at 10:53 PM
I didn’t miss that, darling.
d;^)>
Meremortal on October 22, 2009 at 1:09 AM
Obama: Too stupid to get it right, and intellectually dishonest enough to assign culpability to others.
Hope and Change my ass!
Dope and Blame.
csdeven on October 22, 2009 at 1:20 AM
(quote from article)
Unfortunately this honest assessment will be drowned out by faux liberal outrage and cries of racism.
Until that 51% that support his view actually take to the streets to defend it,he will be marginalized and demonized by ignorance and political correctness.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 1:24 AM
Ha ! ! That is perfect, Just perfect.
Texyank on October 22, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Here is a great breakdown of some of the strategy and options that are being looked at in the Afghan/Pakistan theater:
(via Black Five)
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/10/educating-the-public-about-counterinsurgency-counterterror.html
Warrior Legacy Institute (WLI) has released a second paper on our options for Afghanistan and Pakistan explaining Counterterror (CT) strategy. Last week “A primer on population-centric counterinsurgency” was the first paper designed to help the public understand what possibilities are under consideration for the theater.
If Obama can pull himself away from whining about FOX news and fund-raising,maybe he could take a look and listen to our people on the front lines.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 1:35 AM
Translation: Time to be a man, Mr. President.
CP on October 22, 2009 at 1:37 AM
I {heart} you Mr.Cheney. .Thank you for your continued service to our country.
Cornhusker on October 22, 2009 at 1:47 AM
Cornhusker dittos.
Imagine that 3am phone call… O Lord help us!
Buckeye Babe on October 22, 2009 at 1:56 AM
Obama’s weakness and lack of leadership is doing nothing but sending a message of surrender to the Jihadist.
Jimbo over at Blackfive puts this in to perspective:
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2009/10/priorities-politics-afghanistan.html
Running away from the jihadist is the worst thing we could do.
We need strong,decisive leadership,smarter ROE’s,and a plan that actually “defeats” the enemy,not re-labels them as moderates and walks away.
Obama needs to give our military what it needs to win or take them out of harms way and suffer the consequences of surrendering to the jihadist.
We don’t need anymore empty speeches or smart a$$ comments about Bush.
Lead or get the he!! out of the way and let our military do what it needs to do.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Cheney delivered on target. But there is no joy in watching our President fail in Afghanistan. It’s going to get much worse.
Kenosha Kid on October 22, 2009 at 2:12 AM
Dick/Liz 2012
John the Libertarian on October 22, 2009 at 2:17 AM
We need to defeat the enemy before we start worrying about “illiteracy rates”:
(via the Captain’s Journal)
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis on Going Deep Rather than Long in Afghanistan
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2009/10/18/lt-col-daniel-l-davis-on-going-deep-rather-than-long-in-afghanistan/
Last time I saw, killing the enemy and securing the population was a pretty important aspect to winning a war.
Reducing troop levels, relying on special ops,and drones will not accomplish either of these.
Neither will a President who can’t even provide the resources for his original strategy put forth in March and now has no idea what he wants to do just 6 months later.
Our troops deserve better than this weak kneed,inept floundering they are getting from this White House.
Baxter Greene on October 22, 2009 at 2:21 AM
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