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A cast of hundreds: Who isn’t an Obama foreign policy adviser?!

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 18, 2008 10:35 AM


Photoshop: American Elephant

So Barack Obama has 300 foreign policy advisers.

300.

That’s quite a carbon footprint. But he needs that many–not just to compensate for his complete lack of foreign policy chops, but because he throws so many of his advisers and acolytes off the bus each week. Gotta have padding.

Jennifer Rubin points out that the man who subscribes to the Winnie the Pooh School of Foreign Policy is on the list and adds:

Most troubling is the possibility that the performance of the campaign’s foreign policy apparatus is a preview of the Obama administration’s foreign policy apparatus. There are apparently hundreds (if not thousands) of folks waiting to join the State and Defense Departments who hold beliefs that defy evidence and logic. They honestly believe that Iraq is unimportant, unconditional direct talks with Iran will unlock the promise of world peace, we can talk up protectionism at home without scaring our trading partners, and the less input from military commanders in war zones the better.

Take your pick as to which theory makes the most sense. But 300? I guess it takes a lot of people to script a foreign trip so tightly that there is no room for a gaffe.

To quote from one of the Obama camp’s favorite foreign policy texts, “Pooh’s Little Instruction Book:” “Those who are clever, who have a brain, never understand anything.”

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  1. #201
    On July 19th, 2008 at 8:59 pm, Blind_Mule said:

    Not looking to assign blame. just sayin, some people take life way to serious.

    Yes it is and I though it was one of the funniest parts of the whole movie.
    Office space also a funny movie. As you may have noticed by some of my post’s I love to laugh, I find humor in a whole lot of stuff.

  2. #202
    On July 19th, 2008 at 9:55 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    chapoutier said:

    With all due respect, Blind, Mule, the “viciousness” really seemed to be concentrated on one side.

    Specious. You know that word Michelle Malkin herself used to describe you. I must say it’s quite an honor you hold you being excoriated by her. You might have missed that day, maybe you were staring in the mirror that day stroking your ego.

    My profanity is nothing when it comes to your abhorrent ego chap.

  3. #203
    On July 19th, 2008 at 10:45 pm, dakine said:

    seige, I mean pocket protector, I mean White, you sound like a petulant child. Let me guess. Bullied as a kid? Ate paint chips as a toddler? Parents didn’t hug you? Small package? Too many steroids? All of the above? Hint: know who you’re dealing with before you threaten someone over the internet or make comments about a dude’s wife. You’re not as anonymous as you think…know what I mean tool?

    Mule, you’re right. Life is way too short, but I’m not going to let a vacuous buffoon like seige (you know him as Goldwater Knight) get away with his ridiculousness. He’s embarrassing.

    Chap, roger that. BTW, Office Space has got to be a top 5 comedy of all time…classic.

  4. #204
    On July 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    know who you’re dealing with before you threaten someone over the internet or make comments about a dude’s wife.

    Apparently I’m dealing with some old clown who thinks he’s somebody. You got dice to roll then roll them otherwise get off my back dumb prick.

  5. #205
    On July 19th, 2008 at 11:09 pm, chapoutier said:

    Wow, Seige…

    Kinda stalkerish….I kinda remembered the post (regarding something I said about assasination chic), but boy you seem to have it commited to memory. Am I going to have to get a TRO against you?

    You see Seige, and this really is telling with respect to your pathology, MM called my STATEMENT specious. Not ME. Unlike others..ahem…you…she seems to be able to distinguish between disagreeing with a statement and personally attacking the maker of the statement.

    Never mind the fact that I think she misinterpreted what I said.

    Of course, when you really have no argument to make, what else do you have but foul language and personal attacks?

  6. #206
    On July 19th, 2008 at 11:31 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

    You can twist around haow ever you want chap. But Dak’s right about one thing I shouldn’t talk out of school even if it’s on the internet in that regard I apologize.

    You see Seige, and this really is telling with respect to your pathology, MM called my STATEMENT specious. Not ME. Unlike others..ahem…you…she seems to be

    Oh I get chap’s evil twin wrote it. Slick but thin.

  7. #207
    On July 19th, 2008 at 11:33 pm, atheling said:

    dakine: You’re a guttersnipe. Now go crawl back under the rock from whence you came, you pissant coward.

    chapoutier: You’re a traitor. You are a traitor to this country and to the principles the Founding Fathers espoused. You are a socialist who would impose that jackboot on all of us “little people”, you god-forsaken elitist scumbag.

    By God, if we marched on DC, I would tar and feather you, you cowardly, sack of s***. It’s precisely garbage like you who are destroying this country. Would that I could run you and your ilk out of here as the patriots did to those traitors (probably your ancestors) during the Revolution.

    I detest you slimy traitors more than I do the Muslim terrorists who flew those planes on 9/11. That’s how low and despicable you are.

    You are no lawyer. You are a cheat and an obfuscator.

    Traitor.

    You do not uphold the Constitution.

    Traitor.

    You broke your oath.

    Traitor.

    Your word is worth less than a rat’s a**. How do you sleep at night? Let me guess. Several martinis to make you comfortably numb, eh?

    Traitor.

    You supplant our Constitution for socialism.

    Traitor.

    You are not worthy to be called American.

    Traitor.

    You and your Leftist ilk have betrayed all the values with which the Constitution have been created.

    Traitor.

  8. #208
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:00 am, chapoutier said:

    atheling,

    Awww.you are so sweet. I love you too!

    Traitor :)

    You are no lawyer.

    My JD from G’town and three bar admissions respectfully disagree.

    Traitor. (I don’t really mean it just pokin’ fun! :) )

    You are a cheat and an obfuscator.

    Wait! I thought you said I was no lawyer! See! I can make funny about lawyers too!

    Traitor. Just kidding :)

    Several martinis to make you comfortably numb, eh?

    I only drink martinis made from emjem’s tears. Otherwise I drink scotch, Guinness and wine. And yes it does tak more than a few to erase from my mind the searing images of Seige/Goldwater brutalizing logic, basic civility and proper grammer/spelling.

    Traitor. (No seriously, just kidding :) )

    And by the way Seige, congrats on going a whole post without using one profanity. You must have finally gotten around to reading those terms of use that our host, whom you claim to hold in such high regard, wishes you to follow.

  9. #209
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:08 am, dakine said:

    Fair enough White…you’ll know when I roll my dice. Stay frosty brah. BTW, are you drunk tonight? I’m serious. More spelling and grammatical errors than usual.

    atheling, no surprise to see you align yourself with the likes of seige. Seriously, take a couple of days and then go back and read your last post. You sound like some sort of unhinged lunatic. Very angry. Very bitter. Very emotional and illogical. Very immature. Unstable, frankly.

    Chap, I feel slighted. Atheling hit you up with possibly the most pathetically ridiculous diatribe I’ve ever seen directed at a fellow poster on this site. Truly delusional and absurd. I’m jealous.

  10. #210
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:14 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    The Spartans had 300 willing to die for freedom.

    And 7000 Greek Hoplite warriors who didn’t bring their press agent.
    But this man Obama has a first rate pick for Secretary of Defense: William Ayers of the Weather Underground. He knows where the Pentagon is and has experience with explosives. For Secretary of State let us not over look Obama pal Rashid Khalidi of the Woods Fund and PLO.

    Alternative patriots you might say.Yes the Messiah-of-Change Obama and mamaObama done come and there are bringing every left over old hippie they can find.

    Rambler said:
    So BO will be the Clinton 3rd term without the blue dress. Whoopeeeee!

    How about a blue burka?

  11. #211
    On July 20th, 2008 at 1:31 am, atheling said:

    Ah, the Scribe and the Pharisee, lined up together. How appropos.

    You two are to real Americans what Gollum is to hobbits.

  12. #212
    On July 20th, 2008 at 9:24 am, Hannibal said:

    Life is short and you have to appreciate humor where you find it.

    In #194 Chap writes:
    “…I kept thinking “This is not he undrseige I knew.”

    Then in the same post he writes:
    “Was he finally shamed from his lack of spelling ability”.

    Now that is funny stuff.

  13. #213
    On July 20th, 2008 at 10:57 am, chapoutier said:

    Hannibal the “he” instead of the was a typo to be sure. It was the drink.

    But the “undrseige” was entirely intentional and Goldwater knows why.

    Atheling, your biblical referenes are lost on me. I am a heathan athiest.

  14. #214
    On July 20th, 2008 at 11:35 am, ajmontana said:

    So Barack Obama has 300 foreign policy advisers.

    300.

    well, ya sure as heck know that isn’t his bowling score.

  15. #215
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:44 pm, atheling said:

    What’s an “athiest”? ROFL. Don’t even know how to spell what you are, eh?

  16. #216
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:45 pm, atheling said:

    BTW, being an atheist doesn’t excuse you from cultural literacy.

  17. #217
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm, atheling said:

    Just realized, “refernes” should be “references”.

    You sure you’re a “lawyer”, Mr. Pharisee?

  18. #218
    On July 20th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, Barry F. said:

    Ironically, after all the early comments on Friday, my wife had borrowed a copy of 300 froma friend in her office to watch this weekend. ;-)

  19. #219
    On July 20th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, chapoutier said:

    The athiest was my little dig at undrseige. And as for the Bible, I did read parts of the Old Testament for Ancient Lit class in college. Frankly, among all the ancient myths, I enjoyed Gilgamesh more.

  20. #220
    On July 20th, 2008 at 1:29 pm, atheling said:

    Among all = most, not more.

    You sure you’re a “lawyer”? Your spelling and grammar are lacking.

    Illiterate fool.

  21. #221
    On July 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, dakine said:

    What, if anything, do you do for a living atheling?

  22. #222
    On July 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm, atheling said:

    None of your business, Scribe.

    Lonely under that rock, are you?

  23. #223
    On July 20th, 2008 at 2:44 pm, One_American said:

    I predict that after wrecklessly skipping through the political landmine of the Middle East, Barak Obama will return to the U.S. without a leg to stand on.

    I also predict that liberals, as always, will ignore that fact, but it will be apparent to all that Obama’s stature will be greatly diminished.

  24. #224
    On July 20th, 2008 at 2:49 pm, Laree said:

    Obama does Afghanistan.

    Marty Davis Chickboomer,

    http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2008/07/logans-hero.html

  25. #225
    On July 20th, 2008 at 3:07 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On July 20th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, chapoutier said:
    The athiest was my little dig at undrseige. And as for the Bible, I did read parts of the Old Testament for Ancient Lit class in college. Frankly, among all the ancient myths, I enjoyed Gilgamesh more.

    As your said => heathan; atheist is another matter.
    Sorry for you loss.

  26. #226
    On July 20th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Your damnit )o:

  27. #227
    On July 20th, 2008 at 3:42 pm, dakine said:

    That’s what I thought atheling. Thanks.

  28. #228
    On July 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm, Gabe said:

    “the objective of this trip was to have substantive discussions with people like President Karzai or Prime Minister Maliki or President Sarkozy or others who I expect to be dealing with over the next eight to 10 years.

    Lord, help us. The complete idiot Barack Hussein Obama doesn’t know how long a presidential term is. No wonder he needs three hundred foreign policy advisers.

    This is getting to be very frightening. Obama has no understanding of basic numeracy. This is no joke. When he says 10,000 people died in tornados, there are 57 states, and now that he will be president for 10 years, you got to wonder if he has no grasp of numbers and arithmetic, a sign of basic intelligence.

  29. #229
    On July 20th, 2008 at 7:42 pm, RetFireman said:

    The Messiah and all his “300 advisers” are now claiming that the Iraqi PM is all for his plan for a pull out in 16 months. So much so, that Nanci Pelosi is out and about, once again forgetting just who is President, who is the Commander in Chief of the military and calling for the pull out of the troops and for negotiations for such.

    Unfortunately, what all 300 as well as The Gifted One is failing to see is that the Iraqi PM is now saying he never made such a claim, is not endorsing any candidate over another, and is saying that the Iraqi stance on the american troops and how long they will remain in country is the same as it was, nothing has changed, and it is exactly what President bush has been saying…when the iraqia stand up, we will stand down.

    Pelosi is once again dancing dangerously close…if not actually crossing the line…of treason by making the calls she is now on record of making. Once again., Obamessiah has got it wrong, and proof positive that no matter how many “advisers” you claim to have, if they couldn’t find their butts with a road map, Sherpa Guide and a compass, let alone know the differnce between it and a hole in the ground, they are all completely worthless.

    Yet the Messiah’s Disciples refuse to hear the truth, and are still out there propagating the lie, trying to make it look like he is just this side of walking on water.

    Instead of being this great big triumph of a trip, it is instead doing nothing more than demonstrating what a mistake he would be and how his lack of knowledge and understanding will be disasterous all the way around.

    Throw Nanci Pelosi in jail now, before she does any further damage and any more members of our military are killed by the filth and lies that spew forth from those thin, lifeless, crumbling lips.

  30. #230
    On July 21st, 2008 at 8:58 am, Irish Rose said:

    Looks like James Dobson is now supporting McCain for POTUS.

    In an advance copy provided to The Associated Press, Dobson said that while neither candidate is consistent with his views, McCain’s positions are closer by a wide margin.

    “There’s nothing dishonorable in a person rethinking his or her positions, especially in a constantly changing political context,” Dobson said in a statement to the AP. “Barack Obama contradicts and threatens everything I believe about the institution of the family and what is best for the nation.

    His radical positions on life, marriage and national security force me to reevaluate the candidacy of our only other choice, John McCain.”Of his new position, Dobson said in the statement to the AP, “If that is a flip-flop, then so be it.”

    He’s not alone. So have 100 other conservative Christian leaders.

    Report: Christian Conservative Leaders Unite to Support McCain
    by FOXNews.com
    Thursday, July 3, 2008

    In a seemingly symbolic move, 100 conservative Christian leaders agreed to unite behind the presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain at a meeting Tuesday in Denver, Colo., Time.com reports.

    McCain may have become the default choice for some of those leaders, who expressed doubt about presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. One guest present at the meeting said the motivation behind uniting and offering collective support was closely tied to a desire to defeat Obama.

    “None of these people want to meet their maker knowing that they didn’t do everything they could to keep Barack Obama from being president,” Time.com reports the participant said.

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