Comments on: July 4, 2011

By: elaine

elaine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:17:18 +0000

Retired, having thought about your post over night I’ve decided it’s in jest…just a spoof on Mr. Holder’s frequent use of phrases like, “as is their right under the Constitution” & “level paying field.” You really had me going there for awhile, so ha ha on me

By: indigogrrl

indigogrrl — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:56:34 +0000

How did we get here?

He and the DNC cheated.

By: Sassy

Sassy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:00:09 +0000

I have no confidence in Obama or the Democrats in Congress, but I believe that General McChrystal, supported by General Petraeus, Secretary Clinton, and Secretary Gates, have been straight-forward in their assessments.
It is certainly going to be difficult to stabilize Afghanistan, but issueing engraved invitations to terrorists to flood back into the country will be the worst possible outcome!

By: glennmcgahee

glennmcgahee — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:24:56 +0000

He said 18 months but also added the , “depending on the situation on the ground”. Sounded just like Bush, but not as experienced. At least Bush had served in The Guard. Loved it when Obama said he’s seen everything as far as war goes. What an insult to the military personel that do the fighting and actually have been in battle. The guy is shameless.

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:35:49 +0000

Ziggy, make the list.

By: ziggy

ziggy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:27:49 +0000

Yeah, it’s a discouraging reality these days. I often find myself hoping I’m wrong about any number of things. Making a full list of them would be too depressing to contemplate.

I suspect in 18 months we’ll see only the beginnings of a very gradual troop withdrawal, if that. Obama left himself plenty of “wiggle room”, as the analysts noted. The timeframe was probably stated to mollify the democratic base. He knows full well his war policy in Afghanistan isn’t going to win him any points there. It would appear popularity isn’t his primary consideration at the moment.

By: elaine

elaine — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:16:28 +0000

Retired, WHAT???? What Constitution? This is shocking!!!!!

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:48:18 +0000

How does one train a viable, smart army and police force in a country with 95% illiteracy?

Teach them to read.

By: Retired

Retired — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:19:08 +0000

UPDATE: Attorney General Eric Holder announced that in otder to provide the Taliban and Al Qaeda a “level playing field so that they have a chance to win this war,” the United States must disclose all classified military plans concerning upcoming operations at least ninety days in advance of their execution. “I am confident,” said Holder, “that such disclosure will afford both the Taliban and Al Qaeda with a fair chance to to defeat the United States and coalition forces in the eighteem months before our withdrawal, as is their right under the Constituion.”

By: Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:14:54 +0000

We may end up with that result anyway, ziggy. As I said, I do not pretend to have the answers. The whole damn thing is a gigantic mess. I have no idea how we’re going to fund this thing. I’m still not sure what the mission is [though I suspect this has more to do with Pakistan than anything else] and the timetable withdrawal makes no sense at all.

I assume [or perhaps pray] the Administration is working off intel that none of us here are aware of, something that makes this plan reasonable. But from the outside, from my small part of the world? It looks untenable.

I really hope I’m wrong.

By: ziggy

ziggy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:34:30 +0000

Alas, I don’t I think the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan would “right itself”. Afghanistan would fall back to the Taliban, Pakistan would destabilize, and we’d soon have an Al Qaeda-controlled extremist government with a pre-existing nuclear arsenal to deal with.

By: Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:14:15 +0000

I fear you’re right, Doc. I really fear you’re right.

By: Docelder

Docelder — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:09:57 +0000

telegraphing our withdrawal doesn’t sound real smart or workable.

He has no intention of ending Afghanistan. So long as it’s active it is the war he “inherited” from Bush-Cheney and he will pile the body bags high and rail against Bush-Cheney indefinitely. Reminds me of the bad economy he “inherited”. He won’t allow that to right itself either. He will spend, spend, tax and spend never allowing us to fully recover. He will rail against Bush-Cheney all the while. Confuse, deflect, blame and rub us all raw with Bush-Cheney. Sounds like the game plan for his success and our failure.

By: Hot Librarian

Hot Librarian — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:07:07 +0000

Afghanistan in 2011 will be exactly the same as 2009.

They are ripping off the world or hundreds of billions in aid.. They are producing opium poppies (gaining tens of bilions ) they are beating THE ENTIRE WESTERN ARMIES!!!

And there are only said to be 10,000 of them.

this is not possible. something is very wrong.

By: Silence Dogood

Silence Dogood — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:00:07 +0000

How did we get here?

Group psychosis.

I predicted tonight’s outcome. It has been obvious to me for a very long time he is incapable of taking a stand on anything except the zeal to be in charge without doing the heavy lifting required. He’s a lightweight in a heavyweight’s world.