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Too funny. Except that Obama really can’t figure that one out and that makes it sad.

I think he knows it. I think he’s purposely setting us up to take a loss that will set the US military back almost 40 years to where it was in the mid 1970s. That loss and the attack I expect before 2012 will help give Mr. Obama the impetus he needs to build his Okhrana, his “civilian force as powerful and well trained as the military” He’ll sell it that the US needs them for internal security and he’ll use them like Stalin used the NKVD. I suspect his strategy will also include a re-election Gambit in 2012 based on the ‘bread and circuses’ he’s provided for the plebeian masses, his providing new and better security through the Committee for State Security (KGB translated) and elimination of the Bourgeois of society and collectivization of all production in the US under his State run ‘New Economic Plan’ known as GOSPLAN. He will of course win the election in 2012 by a landslide aided by ACORN and other ‘community organizers’ who will provide him with a 200 million vote super majority in the popular vote and a majority of the electoral votes since most of Congress will be guarded by the Committee for State Security since they are threatened by former military members and members of a radical minority known as ‘teabaggers’.

Like the road we’re headed down? Still think he’s stupid. He may be militarily ignorant but, he’s got the old Daley machine as his General Staff.
They know how to lay out political strategy and what he’s going to do in Afghanistan won’t be good for anyone but Obama.

Does he really believe that young Afghans are going to line up to join the army and police knowing that we plan to abandon them in mid-2011?

Too funny. Except that Obama really can’t figure that one out and that makes it sad. And they say Bush is the dumb one.

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This guy seems to have the right idea:

Via Michelle Malkin, who adds:
Several readers note the active service campaign ribbons and medals on the man’s chest and identify one of them as the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, showing he has been an Infantry So…

With ROEs like these why would anyone in their right mind want to throw more people in harm’s way? If the commander on the ground cannot control the ROEs, I guess he’s not really a commander on the ground. I’m wondering, along with Ralph Peters of the NYPost, how many 4-star generals are going to resign over this CinC’s idiotic conduct of this war.

For the same reason I’d go back on active duty now if I could. We’ve been set up to lose this war. That much is certain and beyond question. Now, would you rather have a competent man doing what he can to secure a victory against the odds while on the downside avoiding a complete debacle. It’s the challenge of “We are the unwilling, led by the unqualified, to do the unecessary for the ungrateful. We’ve done so much, with so little for so long, we can now do almost anything with nothing.” This has been Gen. McChrystal’s challenge from Mr. Obama from the outset. Nothing new in this current scenario. There are two things at play here. Graduates of the “Q Course” at JFKSWC don’t quit ever. They may die trying but they don’t quit. Second, it’s a challenge to see if he can pull off the win with all the odds stacked against him. That’s another trait of an SF Soldier he’ll Charlie Mike and try to pull victory from the jaws of defeat so long as he’s breathing. Maybe they’re both really the same thing. Mental toughness and indefatigable spirit.

I read the article you posted by Mr. Peters of the NY Post. I try to avoid anything with the taint of New York on it except the NYSE.
I think Mr. Peters is on the money here.
The following are a few excerpts I particularly liked.

Our president is setting up our military to fail — but he’ll be able to claim that he gave the generals what they wanted. Failure will be their fault

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This is absolutely true. But d*mn what a challenge it would be to pull it off and have him scrambling to wipe the egg off his face even if it’s in private.

His cynicism’s worthy of a Saddam.

I love that statement!!! A very good comparison if ever there was one. Saddam’s palaces bespoke of him being just as self centered and narcissistic as Mr. Obama. Although I think in a contest for self aggrandizement, narcissism with an incapacity for self actualization, Mr. Obama leaves Saddam Hussein as Miss Congeniality of that contest.

Obama’s right about one thing, though: The Afghans “will ultimately be responsible for their own country.” So why undercut them with an arbitrary timeline that doesn’t begin to allow adequate time to expand and train sufficient Afghan forces? Does he really believe that young Afghans are going to line up to join the army and police knowing that we plan to abandon them in mid-2011?

This emphasizes and expands on the first quote.

What messages did our president’s bait-and-switch speech just send?

To our troops: Risk your lives for a mission I’ve written off.

To our allies: Race you to the exit ramp.

To the Taliban: Allah is merciful, your prayers will soon be answered.

To Afghan leaders: Get your stolen wealth out of the country.

To Pakistan: Renew your Taliban friendships now (and be nice to al Qaeda).

All unfortunately true about the subtext that he just sent each of them. I think the Cadet with the CIB, ARCOM and campaign ribbons was trying to send Mr. Obama a message that he should perhaps butt out and STFU. Along with the message that Mr. Obama wasn’t worth paying attention to.

I just hope that brave young Kay-det doesn’t get too many demerits and a reprimand in his MPRJ (or whatever its called now).

Congratulations to you and your wife on your anniversary.

Thank your son from me for his service to the country. Three tours to the ‘stan and how many to OIF? I’d guess two or three there as well given the force and optempo.

I’ll add him to my prayers for all those who have placed their mortal bodies between those they love and the chaos of war.

Now, let me be clear: There has never been an option before me that called for troop deployments before 2010

(note Gen McCrystal has been calling for the troop increases since Aug. Not to mention earlier in his speech he said that he ordered additional troops into the theatre because they were requested).

Now, let me be clear. Let me be absolutely clear, because I know you’ll end up hearing some of the same claims that rolling back these tax breaks means a massive tax increase on the American people. If your family earns less than $250,000 a year, a quarter-million dollars a year, you will not see your taxes increased a single dime. I repeat: not one single dime.

Yet we have seen what is planned in both Obamacare and in Cap and Tax.

Now, let me be clear — I just want to clear something up here — identifying what works is not about dictating what kind of care should be provided. (Applause.) It’s about providing patients and doctors with the information they need to make the best medical decisions.

Sure, so explain the Mamogram edicts.

Let me be clear: I’m committed to making these cuts in a way that protects our senior citizens. In fact, these proposals will actually extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by seven years, and reduce premiums for Medicare beneficiaries by roughly $43 billion over the next 10 years. And I’m working with AARP to uphold that commitment.

No need to say anything it speaks for itself.

It may from the moment be the taliban and AQ in Afhanistan. For the moment it was said to be.

However my gut tells me something differently.

The attack most obvious last night was on Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Montana, Maine and Nevada, where ever patriotic Americans are at. The attack was squarely leveled at anyone who loves freedom. The battle plan is designed to be a failure. Except in the sights of those doing the aiming.

This plan with its predetermined exit time is designed to demoralize patriotism. Do you want your son or daughter to be the last American killed in Afghanistan? Who does?

The overarching clarity of the plan is that it is designed to place enough Americans in sight of a hidden and armed fanatic enemy, just long enough to wear down those Americans who have the temerity to actually want to win. This battle plan is designed to defeat their spirit. And it might just work.

No army exists today that can defeat our military, so to aim at them directly is useless. Instead. Aim at the spirit that backs them. The familys that can be split apart by economic difficulties, political differences, sibling rivalry, whatever. Aim at that soft target, by exposing enough troops to ambush. Give them untenable Rules of Engagement.

The answer to this attack is simple. Take back Washington.

Vote out every democrat. In Washington and our local and state government.

The times we live in are too dangerous to trust to corrupt democrats. Our soldiers, sailors airmen and marines lives are at stake.

Stolen Pakistan nukes will detonate first in NYC and LA and Wash DC, but not and then in London or Paris or Berlin.

FIFY

On December 2nd, 2009 at 1:51 pm, Papa Louie said:
I predict that our allies in Europe will base there own timeline for leaving Afganistan on Obama’s. They do not want to be there after the U.S. gets out. So they will plan to withdraw BEFORE we do.

I suspect that the Europeans are less “committed” to this war because they’ve bent so backward to appease and cater to their Islamic populations far more than we have (so far) that the terrorist bulls-eye is on our backs, not theirs. Stolen Pakistan nukes will detonate in NYC and LA and Wash DC, but not London or Paris or Berlin.

James Greenidge
Queens NY

And, muslims have been a scourge to the world for ~1400 years.
18 months will feel like less than a coffee break to them time-wise.
As long as less than the entire world is under sharia law, their motivation will never wane

I saw nothing in Obamas speech that addressed the real issue at hand which you so easily described.