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White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield
Slimes ^ | 9/17/2009 | PETER BAKER and NICHOLAS KULISH

Posted on 09/17/2009 7:09:46 AM PDT by balls

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To: MrB

Good, then they deserve the destroyer. Let them let him take their jobs,income, opportunities , wealth, freedom and liberty.

Thats not for me.


61 posted on 09/17/2009 7:54:58 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: balls

I have this unsettling feeling that we will look back on this and ask why we wasted so much precious time and resources arguing about health care, and igonred the many threats against our country.


62 posted on 09/17/2009 7:55:15 AM PDT by cvq3842 (I don't ask what my country can do for me - I ask my government to STOP doing things TO me!)
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To: BilLies
I think soon Europe will be missing Bush.

Yep. That's exactly what I told a German Freeper a month or so ago on a similar thread. I told him he'd better start learning Russian because with Obamalamadingdong in the White House Europe could no longer depend on the USA for it's defense. He couldn't see the connection. If Israel goes for broke and starts a war with Iran after bombing their nuclear sites into oblivion that will slow or stop about 40% of the world's oil supply that passes through the Straight of Hormuz because it will suddenly be in a war zone. Europe will almost certainly have to get most of their oil and gas from Russia. This puts the whole of Europe under Pootie's KGB thumb. The Euroweenies are too stupid to see what is on their horizon.

BHO=increased troop commitment to Afghanistan

The wife and I just did a quick trip up to SW Virgina for a couple of days of hiking. Along the way up and back we saw dozens of military vehicles being moved south. Mostly, it was Bradley's, Humvees and MRAPs, but there were a couple of M1A1's, too. Could be a coinkydink, but the last time I saw this much military hardware being moved south was about two months prior to the Iraq invasion. Before that it was during the first Gulf War. Something is up....

63 posted on 09/17/2009 7:55:20 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: cmsgop

a crap day to announce such a thing – the day of the Soviet invasion of Poland,,,

Amazing. Utter amateurs in charge.


64 posted on 09/17/2009 7:56:38 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: Thermalseeker
Precisely. Today marks exactly, to the day, seventy years since the Soviet Union invaded Poland. How much more blatant could you be?

I seriously doubt this is a mistake or coincidence.

How could it not be deliberate? Obama is all about the street thug veiled threat.

65 posted on 09/17/2009 7:57:27 AM PDT by SteamShovel (When hope trumps reality, there is no hope at all.)
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To: Thermalseeker

You got that right. Russia owned our boy in the white house.


66 posted on 09/17/2009 7:58:00 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: LottieDah

more dangerous... FARRRRR greater resources at his disposal


67 posted on 09/17/2009 7:58:10 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: altura

Good post. I agree.


68 posted on 09/17/2009 7:59:05 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: himno hero

Read the article at the link, it is incredibly good.


69 posted on 09/17/2009 8:00:21 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Liberty1970
I simply can't comprehend this decision. The media reports I've seen so far don't even try to provide a reasonable rationale

That's because their rationale is nothing but double talk spin!

This was our last remaining pressure point being applied to Iran, and without it, there is no reason for them to even consider stopping their development of ICBMS.

I think this is part of Obama's first foreign policy gambit to make a deal with Russia in order to stop Chavez in Venezuela from starting a war in our back yard. Russia has been instigating this by selling mucho weapons to Chavez as a misdirection ploy and he fell for it!!!!

They are not going to stop! Putin wants revenge.

Eastern Europe now understands that we are nothing but a paper tiger. They are on their own, and that fear will lead to a event down the road that will draw us into a global conflict that could have been prevented.

Russia must have given O'bambi some assurances and it's just a matter of weeks before this boneheaded administration realizes they have been screwed. It also give every tin pot dictator on the planet the knowledge that we are no longer in the game.

70 posted on 09/17/2009 8:02:01 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: SteamShovel
How could it not be deliberate?

My guess is this sort of timing is one of the ways Obamalamadingdong's true message is being communicated to both the Russians and the eastern Europeans. Most folks in this country won't notice or be aware of the timing because they don't know the history (thank you NEA union thugs). You can bet the folks in eastern Europe and certainly the Russians are aware, though. Obamalamadingdong just reinforced whose side he's on.....

71 posted on 09/17/2009 8:02:41 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: balls

72 posted on 09/17/2009 8:02:52 AM PDT by McGruff (Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency - Obama)
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To: balls

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how he inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan’s holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent “Austrian language,” would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current on their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to “Cinco de Cuatro” in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the fourth of May (Cuatro de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word advice would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he’s a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush’s administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive?
Can’t think of anything?

Don’t worry.

He’s done all this in 5 months — so you’ll have three years and seven months to come up with an answer.


73 posted on 09/17/2009 8:03:33 AM PDT by IrishMike (Liberalism is a psychological disorder and a dangerous mental illness.)
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To: Thermalseeker
Obamalamadingdong chose the 70th anniversary, to the day, of the Soviet Union's invasion of Poland to make this announcement. Accident? Chance? This plan has been in the works for months. He could have chosen any day this week, but he chooses September 17th to make this announcement. If Russia never had anything to do with it isn't the timing kind of odd?

I totally agree. I would add that I believe Obama is woefully ignorant about European history and he went with the date at the behest of the neo-Soviets errr I mean Russians. But you're right, it is no accident. Didn't the WH announce talks with Iran on 9/11 or am I mistaken? I think Obama really does a LOT of things at the behest of others.
74 posted on 09/17/2009 8:03:38 AM PDT by Since 2009-07-21
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To: Since 2009-07-21
I think Obama really does a LOT of things at the behest of others.

Namely, George Soros.....

75 posted on 09/17/2009 8:05:38 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: sickoflibs

It’s breathtaking, isn’t it? I woke up at 4:30 this morning and saw it on Drudge- I thought I was dreaming..


76 posted on 09/17/2009 8:06:46 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: IrishMike

One of the best posts I’ve ever seen (sans babe photo in it, I mean) - thank you


77 posted on 09/17/2009 8:07:32 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: MrB

The words are great.... Obama say all kinds of “stuff” to get him in through the door. Master of misrepresentation. Master of designed failure. Master destroyer of America.

Consistently, accross the board, this marxist has the ability to do what is NOT in the better interests of America. This “new” and “improved” portable system by Acme firecracker will be exactly what he promised, if you understand his promises.

I still love “thats a lie!”


78 posted on 09/17/2009 8:09:16 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: DesertRhino
The missiles were meant mostly to defend Europe from Islamic jihadist states, I think. Sooner or later (barring spectacularly successful Israeli raids), the Iranians will get missiles capable of hitting Europe and then the U.S.

Any kind of missile defense in Europe could grow into something which threatens the ability of the Russian state to bully Eastern and Western Europe (and us) with its nukes. I dreamed that would eventually happen. What a disgusting phenomenon is Russia: a huge country with a smaller GNP than Scandinavia, but the largest nuclear armament in the world. The world will not be safe until Russia collapses or is liberated.

79 posted on 09/17/2009 8:11:47 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: Huck

“This is bad news for all who care about the US commitment to the transatlantic alliance and the defence of Europe as well as the United States. It represents the appalling appeasement of Russian aggression and a willingness to sacrifice American allies on the altar of political expediency. A deal with the Russians to cancel missile defence installations sends a clear message that even Washington can be intimidated by the Russian bear.

What signal does this send to Ukraine, Georgia and a host of other former Soviet satellites who look to America and NATO for protection from their powerful neighbour? The impending cancellation of Third Site is a shameful abandonment of America’s friends in eastern and central Europe, and a slap in the face for those who actually believed a key agreement with Washington was worth the paper it was written on.”

from-http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100010237/barack-obama-surrenders-to-russia-on-missile-defence/


80 posted on 09/17/2009 8:13:45 AM PDT by John W
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