Quotes of the day
posted at 10:45 pm on November 24, 2009 by Allahpundit
“‘There’s been a lack of acknowledgement by our president in understanding what it is that the American military provides in terms of, obviously, the safety, the security of our country,’ Palin said during an interview with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren. ‘I want him to acknowledge the sacrifices that these individual men and women — our sons, our daughters, our moms, our dads, our brothers and sisters — are providing this country to keep us safe.’
“‘They’re making sacrifices,’ said Palin, who visited the Army base at Fort Bragg on Monday as part of her ongoing book tour. ‘They’re putting so much on hold right now so that the homeland can be safe and they can fight for democratic ideals around our world. I want to see more acknowledgment and more respect given to them.’
“Asked specifically what she’d like to see more of from Obama, Palin said, ‘I want to see them equipped. I want to see them given everything that they need, including strategies — a surge strategy in Afghanistan, for one — so that they know that they’re there for victory, they’re not there just biding their time as lives are being lost.’”
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President Obama is in charge sister, so keep your big yap shut!
Norman Blizter on November 24, 2009 at 11:42 PM
blow me. Obama is not and never will be Patton or Churchhill. with some experience he may match chamberlian
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
I’ll take dumbass for two hundred, Alex.
HornetSting on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
TRUE STORY!! My Mom bought Sarah’s book today at our local Walmart. She was minding her own business in the checkout line when the female cashier and another female employee decided to start commenting about Sarah Palin. One said they didn’t like Sarah Palin and were just casually talking about her all the while my Mom is standing there. It was rude. So finally the cashier said, “I think she needs to stay home and take care of her kids.” Mom finally and sternly said, “The man being the breadwinner is a thing of the past because it’s not necessarily true.” I mean there was a FEMALE cashier and another FEMALE employee standing there saying a woman’s place is in the home. We live in a big Lib area (although rural) and these fools are simply spewing talking points. They don’t even understand the hypocrisy of their own words.
Oink on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Good Lord are you dumb. This is not like war of the past. America has to not only find the enemy, but also influence the populace not to join the enemy. That takes diplomacy.
Thank God President Obama is in charge and not some nitwit conservative like you or Palin.
Norman Blizter on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
You’re insane. Thanks to you and Obama we got Ft. Hood. Sick.
CWforFreedom on November 24, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Comrade Hillary made sure that we all know that dissent is patriotic and should be heard!
Governor Palin is only using her bully pulpit as a vocal citizen to remind Obowma of his duties as CiC!
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 11:49 PM
I’m not nervious. but I do put an honest ear to what I hear from people on my street. She’s got it, but finding the team (witch is required in this day and age) that can get her to the next level would seal the deal.
Honestly, The msm would Sh!t thier pants of she started studying under Thomas Sowell. and why aren’t people pushing her that way I don’t know.
Indian Outlaw on November 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
…but the libs want to lose it just the same.
LibTired on November 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:19 PM
yeap because the other 3.4 trillion was needed for other non security needs. Remind me again what the #1 priority of the federal gov is again. that’s right national defense. hmmm. Liberals must not understand that.
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:22 PM
unseen:The Liberal Party most likely thinks that the
Military is a waste of time!
They want to negotiate with Terrorist States!
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As an example,from El Code Pinko`s site!
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Anti-war Activists Reawaken as Obama Weighs Afghanistan Strategy
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And this nuttery!!
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Afghan Women’s Petition,to stop more troops,that according to Anti-War Moonbat Priestess Benjamin will harm more Afgh
an women,
so,according to Liberals,the Afghan women should fear the
US Military,than the Barbaric Taliban!!:)
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Good Lord are you dumb. This is not like war of the past. America has to not only find the enemy, but also influence the populace not to join the enemy. That takes diplomacy.
Thank God President Obama is in charge and not some nitwit conservative like you or Palin.
Norman Blizter on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
ROFLMAO….your an idiot. WAr never changes. never. its idiots like you that think they do. Want to stop people from joining the enemy. simple kill the enemy so they have nothing to join. Want the populace to join you. Provide security, freedom, economic opputunity. Well fed, happy secure populations do not join the enemy. Idiot.
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Good Lord are you dumb. This is not like war of the past.
Yeah, guerilla war is a new thing. Please explain that to General Leonard Wood or General Victor Krulak. The principles of warfare never change. Read up on SunTzu and get a clue yourselve. First, one must identify the type of war and enemy one is fighting. Bush didn’t do that, and we a paying a stiff price for it. At least to his credit, he knew we are at war. Unlike Ozero and his civil trials for unlawful combatants.
Kalapana on November 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
I understand Obama is sending over 6 million Reset buttons….in Cyrillic.
Patrick S on November 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
She also has an innate desire to do what’s right for the country, honestly and directly. She might need to bone up on a few issues, but she still has two years before any kind of Presidential campaign, and she can be a “kingmaker” in the 2010 elections. She still has LOTS of time to persuade independent voters to give her a second look.
Selling 700,000 books in one week does give her a certain financial independence, and a freedom of action she didn’t enjoy while trying to defend countless frivolous lawsuits as Governor of Alaska.
Steve Z on November 24, 2009 at 11:53 PM
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Well liberals are idiots. they believe in the snakeoil science of global warming. what more information do you need?
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:53 PM
As Governor of Alaska, Palin was in charge of America’s front line of defense, which consists of multiple military units) against Russian incursion (which are frequent and plentiful).
In addition, Conservative “nitwits” like Bush 43 kept us safe for 7 years while we’ve had 2 jihadist attacks on American soil since Comrade Urkel took power.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Obama had nothing to do with that, asshat. He didn’t get a memo about a possible terrorist attack and did nothing like Bush. Blame the military chain of command if you want since they knew about Hasan and did nothing.
Norman Blizter on November 24, 2009 at 11:54 PM
Thank God President Obama is in charge and not some nitwit conservative like you or Palin.
Norman Blizter on November 24, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Norman Blizter: Ever heard of World War Two!!
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Honestly, The msm would Sh!t thier pants of she started studying under Thomas Sowell. and why aren’t people pushing her that way I don’t know.
Indian Outlaw on November 24, 2009 at 11:50 PM
She is already studying him. check her footnotes in her facebook posts. with the internet today you do not need to go for years to study under the greats they are only a click away 24 hours a day
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Well liberals are idiots. they believe in the snakeoil science of global warming. what more information do you need?
unseen on November 24, 2009 at 11:53 PM
unseen: Agreed,and no sh*t!!:)
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Nothing …Allah is just one miserable piece of work…
CCRWM on November 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM
Diplomacy?!? BWahahahahahaha! Too funny, you idiot!
The Afghan people have never liked the Taliban, either before we got there or now…
Problem with the war in Afghanistan is that both Iran and AQ in Pakistan are arming, supporting and feeding soldiers into the Taliban.
Taliban means “foreigner” in Pashtu.
Diplomacy is useless.
Killing the bad guys dead always works just great.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM
I understand Obama is sending over 6 million Reset buttons….in Cyrillic.
Patrick S on November 24, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Patrick S: And,Comfort Binkys,as well as his signed
signature series Tire Pressure Gauges!!:)
(I kid:)
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:58 PM
RACIST! ;^)
leftnomore on November 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Are you sure Comrade Urkel is in charge?
Because McChrystal isn’t, our soldiers aren’t and a good deal of the American people doubt it, too.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Riiight…speechifying from the One (only after a visit to Camp David instead of to the wounded and families of the murdered) is exactly the kind of acknowledgment and support to which Palin is referring. A speech read from the teleprompter written by someone else is a real morale booster for our troops. It sure makes up for being told they’re risking their lives in a war he doesn’t plan on winning. Keep up the good work proving that silly Palin wrong. //s
VaGal on November 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
I’ll tell you what would be funny. Sarah Palin saying on Greta that “Martha Stewart has jumped the shark.” That’d be pretty funny given the earthy language she uses.
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
You got me. I can’t stop laughing. I fee like wolf when Andy beat him down down like a school boy.
Indian Outlaw on November 25, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Diplomacy is useless.
Killing the bad guys dead always works just great.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 11:57 PM
dont waste your time. im sure he doesn’t believe in peace thru Strength either
i know one thing if Obama and Congress make good on their threat to disarm our nuclear warheads its time for impeachment or 1789 french style
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:01 AM
Since when does any U.S. American have to keep his/her “yap” shut in relation to any president?
Only a liberal can state something this inane. Or was it Freudian, Norman?
Schadenfreude on November 25, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Your mom should have asked them when they were going to turn in their two weeks notice.
NoLeftTurn on November 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
And that hasn’t worked for the past 8 years. So get a clue, moron.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Norman Blitzer-
If you wish to thank God that Obama gives diversity speeches in the wake of terrorist attacks, feel free. As mentioned, above, war does not change. Political correctness simply changes the perspective of what war is and the troops pay for it. If this Administration stays the course with it’s “Barney the Dinosaur” diplomacy, we will too.
JCred on November 25, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Twice in just a few hours, AP has stepped on his dick.
Kalapana on November 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM
Kalapan: I wanna see a video of this!!:)
canopfor on November 24, 2009 at 11:34 PM
I just didn’t know that was possible.
HornetSting on November 24, 2009 at 11:35 PM
HornetSting: Thats like saying,after the medics arrive,
you accidently slammed your little buddy in
your car door,ahem,hehe!:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:04 AM
She’s a Sowell-woman, duh-duh-duh—duh-duh-duh-duh!
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:05 AM
full greta interview can be seen here:
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/
watch it and weep liberals
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Allah:
“I realize you get paid to say controversial shite all day long. Every once in a while you ought to take a gander at who gives you the freedom to flap your freakin’ gums and think twice before you decide that zero-tolerance demands that your betters suffer for some bullshit like this. Don’t offer the PC losers cover, ever…”
Wow, Blackfive nailed it.
leftnomore on November 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Obama is not in charge. The Cuda is messin with his head all the time.
What did another blogger call it? “Rent-free zone”.
And Facebook is a free-fire zone.
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
As one of the other commenters likes to say, “true dat, playa!”
Ever since Truman screwed the pooch in Korea — no doubt partly inspired by some big-time FDR giveaways to the Russkies at the end of WWII — we seem to have forgotten how to win wars.
JFK couldn’t hack it, LBJ couldn’t. Hell, Nixon finally had to go the bug-out route when Congress wimped out. Bush 41 dropped the ball in Desert Storm, and 43 was too timid when he went into Afghanistan and Iraq.
What we need is a President who does their best to avoid war, but who goes balls-to-the-war when it’s unavoidable.
Norman Blitzer-style gutlessness kills our troops. A real President worries about his own people first, and if it takes stomping the other side to win, lets the military do the job it knows how to do.
MrScribbler on November 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
What hasn’t worked in eight years? Bush’s PC warfare? No duh. Both Bush’s and Ozero’s refusal to identify the enemy? No duh. Ozero’s refusal to acknowledge that we are at war? “Overseas Contingency Operations,” he calls two ongoing campaigns that are both part of a larger war that you and he refuse to acknowledge.
George Patton had well known views on how to win wars. But, what did he know compared to the likes of you.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Oh yes it has. It’s not like Japan and Germany 1940s, where civilians and the government were united in belief.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
Sarah stated the same thing to-nite. She will not compromise her views to please people. If people are attracted to her vision she will welcome them but if she will not waste her energy on them(far left libs).
Clyde5445 on November 25, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Sure it has.
Iraq is pretty much conquered now, especially after the surge.
Our soldiers there are so bored, they take tango lessons to fill the time…
Problem is, a lot of the jihadis scrambled over to Afghanistan and ramped the war back up there.
Our military are the best in the world–they can do this if given the right tools, the right ROE and the goal of victory which is also what SarahCuda is saying.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Okay, Norman. I wrote my Masters thesis on counterinsurgency in Vietnam. Let’s dance.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Yeah, he wanted to join the Nazis to get the Commies. Thank Gawd Obama is president and not some dumbass like you or Palin.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
And that hasn’t worked for the past 8 years. So get a clue, moron.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
idiot. it hasn’t been tried in the last 8 years. Bush fought a nuanced war like you wanted. he used diplomacy after the first battle. He tried to be gentle, he let the terrorists leave fallugh before he attacked. He didn’t put a big “footprint into afganistain” because he wanted to use a light touch. he allowed the Afgans to form their own government and select their own leader. that isn’t war idiot. that is diplomacy. The last war we fought was Korea at least until the dem Truman fired MacArther
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:11 AM
What are you babbling about?
Do you even know?
The Enemy being united in belief is exactly the problem we’re facing with the IslamoNazis.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM
You may have missed it, but WWII involved a great deal of guerilla warfare. However, said guerilla warfare did not involve much in the way of, ahem, “diplomacy.”
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM
And that hasn’t worked for the past 8 years. So get a clue, moron.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Norman Blitzer:Ugh! The Liberal Party,in working with the
State Runned Media,spent 8 years,trying to
sobatage Bushs Presidentcy,and worked hand
in hand with the Terrorists to screw the war
on terror!!
Remember how the Liberals played Politics
with American soldiers lifes,in dithering
with the war funding!!!
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Here’s the REAL QOTD:
Game, set, match.
gary4205 on November 25, 2009 at 12:13 AM
And Facebook is a free-fire zone.
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
and she stated on Greta tonight SHE WRITES HER POSTS.
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:13 AM
Are you generating this absurd posts with a computer program?
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:13 AM
That would be the same Obie who decided the ‘surge’ was a failure and we had lost Iraq, right? W made a decision to win; Obie, not so much.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Moron, he did nothing of the sort. He totally destroyed Iraq’s infrastructure and very slowly rebuilt anything. Get a clue you stupid moron.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:14 AM
You may have missed it, but WWII involved a great deal of guerilla warfare. However, said guerilla warfare did not involve much in the way of, ahem, “diplomacy.”
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Kalapana:Nasty Island hopping on the way to Japan!:)
Jus try`n to help:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Are all Muslims the enemy, is that your point?
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Yeah, he wanted to join the Nazis to get the Commies. Thank Gawd Obama is president and not some dumbass like you or Palin.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:10 AM
Oh you mean like we did after the Commies put up the wall and enslaved a 100 million east european people. like we joined the German people during the Berlin airlift, Nato etc. You mean like the 44 years of cold war we had to wage when we could have finished the job in a year or two?
idiot
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Don’t lower yourself to dancing with gnats.
Schadenfreude on November 25, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Canopfor, read about what happened after MacArthur unleashed the Filipino guerillas on the Japs. Not a lot of diplomacy there.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Reading comp fail…as usual.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
At least get your insults straight. Do you know any intelligent morons?
Schadenfreude on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
He’s nothing if not redundant…
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Moron, he did nothing of the sort. He totally destroyed Iraq’s infrastructure and very slowly rebuilt anything. Get a clue you stupid moron.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:14 AM
LOL you are soo clueless. Its like debating a puppy. The infrastructure was already destroyed from the Iran-Iraq war, the first gulf war, the no fly zone, the blockade, food for oil program and Saddam screwing his people. They had little left to destroy. that is what happens when you are at war for 20 + years. Even their oil infrastructure was held together by duct tape. Learn to read other data besides the DNC talking points.
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:19 AM
We could play tag all you want, but if you have no problem with Patton wanting to use the SS to fight against the Commies on America’s behalf then I think to the objective reader, it is you who is the idiot.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:20 AM
She’s a Sowell-woman, duh-duh-duh—duh-duh-duh-duh!
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:05 AM
Sapwolf: Blues Brothers/Soul Man!!:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnaSRhMB_qo
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Because he’s dithered publicly on McChrystal’s troop increase request, basically given the jihadi Ft. Hood shooter a pass (as well as the IslamoNazi who killed a soldier in Arkansas), changed the ROE to be “civilian friendly,” moved Gitmo trials to NYC and had our CIA in the field Mirandize captured terrorists like they were being pulled over in Cleveland, it’s been open season on our soldiers at the tip of the spear.
But you dasn’t call our Idiot in Chief a “dumbass!”
Oh, no.
He’s a genius!
And soon, he’ll give a big speech about how much he hates to send more soldiers, but not as many as McChrystal needs.
And oh, by the way, there’ll be a new tax to pay for them, too.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Canopfor, read about what happened after MacArthur unleashed the Filipino guerillas on the Japs. Not a lot of diplomacy there.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
nope and not much when america invaded the Philippens in 1908? we killed about 100,000 of them. we won they lost
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Maybe it’s best you’re unheard as well as unseen.
Go debate the tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens who were killed for a lie.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
“Yet both these things may be done [destruction of enemy military forces and country occupied] and the war, that is the animosity and the reciprocal effects of hostile elements, cannot be considered to have ened so long as the enemy’s will has not been broken: in other words, so long as the enemy government and its allies have not been driven to ask for peace, or the population made to submit.” (Karl von Clauswitz, On War, pg. 90)
In our case the enemy governments are Iran and the Saudi Entity. The population are the hundreds of millions of Moslems who share the goals of the Jihadists, if not their methods.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never heard that Patton wanted to use the SS or Nazis–he had a huge standing American army at the ready at the time…
but I happen to think the General was right about this one!
The Russians are still our major pain in the butt today.
Best to take care of them in 1945 while they were tired.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Canopfor, read about what happened after MacArthur unleashed the Filipino guerillas on the Japs. Not a lot of diplomacy there.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:18 AM
Kalapana: Didn`t they use Filipino scouts during the raid
on the camps to Liberate America soldiers by the
Japanese!!:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Presidnet Obama had nothing to do with Ft. Hood. He didn’t receive a memo on a possible terrorist attack and did nothing like GW Bush.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:24 AM
That would be the lie that america would support them if they rose up against hussein right?
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Wrong MacArthur, I was refering to 1944-45.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Because Obie certainly isn’t capable of thinking without a memo, nor speaking without totus.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM
I’ve never heard that Patton wanted to use the SS or Nazis–he had a huge standing
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
Jenfidel: Patton hated the commies,so I`m confident he
hated the Nazis twice as much!!:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM
What lie would that be?
Saddam’s lie of a Baathist paradise in Iraq?
Because he did kill and torture hundreds of thousands.
If you’re trying to say that about America, you lie.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM
We could play tag all you want, but if you have no problem with Patton wanting to use the SS to fight against the Commies on America’s behalf then I think to the objective reader, it is you who is the idiot.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:20 AM
and it is you who is shown to have no understanding of War.
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:27 AM
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Yes they did. Those POW camps would not have been liberated when they were without the Filipino guerillas. When MacArthur gave his famous “I have returned” speech, he was directly addressing the Filipino Guerillas when he said now is the time to strike.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Maybe it’s best you’re unheard as well as unseen.
Go debate the tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens who were killed for a lie.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
go ask the 25 million Iraqis living in freedom today if it was worth it
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Who was it that said, “You guys make a great photo-op”. That’s the very definition of acknowledging and respect them.
Spirit of 1776 on November 25, 2009 at 12:29 AM
P
How do you know he didn’t?
Hasan served on NObama’s Homeland Security committee…
And the FBI was en route to Fort Hood within mere minutes after the shooting started.
How come?
You don’t think there was already a big intelligence file on Hasan?
The PDB that Bush received was non-specific and inactionable, that’s why he “did nothing” about it.
Oh, and as someone said earlier, BLOW ME.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:29 AM
Wrong MacArthur, I was refering to 1944-45.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:25 AM
understood. I was just pointing out we have fought wars like Iraq and Afganistian before. and those wars were won by killing the enemy until they got tired of dying
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Completely agree.
Connie on November 25, 2009 at 12:30 AM
You make a great point. I’m sure that the Kurds felt abandoned as a result of Desert Storm. I agree with you that the US had a moral obligation to them, and it’s nice to see the GWB had the fortitude to finish what he started, isn’t it?
Spirit of 1776 on November 25, 2009 at 12:30 AM
yeah, as props.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Well, Norman has been reduced to lies and exaggeration in order to participate here … predictable.
Wilbur on November 25, 2009 at 12:31 AM
reduced to? that’s his usual starting place.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:32 AM
Go debate the tens of thousands of Iraqi citizens who were killed for a lie.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM
Norman Blizter: Thanks for reminding me of Baghdad Bob,
and I`m not talking about Gibbs!!
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:32 AM
The Russians are still our major pain in the butt today.
Best to take care of them in 1945 while they were tired.
Jenfidel on November 25, 2009 at 12:23 AM
And we were better armed and better fed and better clothed. satlingrade was ruble so was Moscow among others. the soviet union was on its last legs and only able to stand from our support of shippments form the USA and England. yet the liberal FDR screwed that victory also
Liberals always screw up victories. Its a defect in thier DNA I think
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:32 AM
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Have you read “The Village” by Bing West? Just about the best book written on COIN in Vietnam. Also check out both Victor Krulak’s and Lewis Walt’s books, if you haven’t already done so.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:33 AM
In one thread, you continue to betray your ignorance of history.
Patton wanted to fight the commies, but not with the Nazis. He hated the Nazis. He may have thought of getting the Germans to fight with Americans, but not the Nazis.
Remember that Patton was very disturbed by what he encountered in the liberated death camps.
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Yes they did. Those POW camps would not have been liberated when they were without the Filipino guerillas. When MacArthur gave his famous “I have returned” speech, he was directly addressing the Filipino Guerillas when he said now is the time to strike.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:28 AM
Kalapana: I will look that up for sure!:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM
It was the job of the chain of military command to deal with Hasan. Obama is the CIC, but he wouldn’t have known about one crazy soldier in Texas.
Rather than just being informed of a possible terrorist attack at a major airport, GW needed to know the exact time and place of the event too to do anything.
Go BLOW yourself, dumbass.
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:35 AM
In one thread, you continue to betray your ignorance of history.
Sapwolf on November 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Sapwolf: More revisionist history!:)
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:36 AM
The tard is confused by Pattons respect for the SS as fighting soldiers.
Fighton03 on November 25, 2009 at 12:37 AM
canopfor on November 25, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Check out MacArthur’s memoirs on that topic.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Too bad HotAir doesn’t allow signature phrases at the end of posts.
Given how all of yours seem to end, it would save you a lot of time.
Hawkins1701 on November 25, 2009 at 12:38 AM
El Presidente gave a terrible speech at Ft. Hood…Pres Bush’s speech for those lost at VTech was a thousand times better.
ocbrat on November 25, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Have you read “The Village” by Bing West? Just about the best book written on COIN in Vietnam. Also check out both Victor Krulak’s and Lewis Walt’s books, if you haven’t already done so.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:33 AM
thx i’ll look them up
unseen on November 25, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Norman Blizter on November 25, 2009 at 12:35 AM
I’m waiting for your brillant reply to the quote I provided from Clausewitz. Please tell me how what the old Prussian wrote nearly two hundred years ago has changed.
Kalapana on November 25, 2009 at 12:40 AM
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