online.wsj.com — Above all, as a war President, Mr. Obama will have to spend more of his own political capital persuading the American public that the Afghan campaign is worth the price. One speech at storied West Point isn't enough. The President needs his own political surge.
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Closed AccountDec 3, 2009
That position was a red flag to me for sure. Do you think it got him any votes?
askantikDec 3, 2009
There are probably terrorists in half the nations of the world that hate America. Certainly a few in most conservative, mostly Islamic countries. Are we going to invade Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, etc? And I'm just generalizing with the Islamic majority countries. Hell, there are people in our own country that want to blow s**t up... so obviously it's a safe bet that there are likewise people in every country that want to blow up some s**t in America.Are we going to send troops to all of them? At what point do you draw the line?
Closed AccountDec 3, 2009
PS Now that I think of it I doubt they would personally frighten me much even then. While age is having some effects I have always been good with guns. See if you can test me and get an Afghani to pop up in my vegetable garden somhow. If they are riding toward us on goats I may not live long enough for the fun.
chatbanDec 3, 2009
One speech at storied West Point isn't enough? WRONG! It should not have even taken place! Did you even LOOK at the faces of all those young men and women soldiers? I did not hear one "hoorah!" With a limited amount applause, they seemed to be in shock and awe to me but so am I...
Closed AccountDec 5, 2009
Hillary and Obama are a total idiots of the highest degree. They are still parroting that nonsense line about Afghanistan being a "planning safe haven". None of them will give a plausible argument for that. And the more these idiots waste the worse for our descendants. They keep glorifying the 911 terrorists and all the millions in the ME that applauded them. I think it should qualify as treason but maybe they are innocent by reason of retardation?
Closed AccountDec 8, 2009
@BotchaMcKoola"We won't allow any kind of 911 crime again"What? "Won't allow?" We have thousands of illegal immigrants here. How many are Muslim? How many are jihadis? Why couldn't they stick a bomb in a mall? Or send 10 guys with AK 47s to a big high school graduation?You can't protect your kids in the backyard from hornets by swatting individual bugs. You have to find the nest and destroy it. That being said, I agree with whoever said that there were other places where al Qaida, or other jihadis, are setting up bases. We have to hunt them all down.