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'He will destroy the Democratic party'
nationalreview.com ^ | Sept. 22, 2009 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 09/22/2009 4:21:05 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

This Washington Post story captures the stark divide over Afghanistan, with a unified military command on the one side — including McChrystal, Mullen, and Petraeus — and a president who is not sure he wants to follow through on "the counterinsurgency strategy he set in motion six months ago" on the other.

There's this anonymous quote from one observer: "He can send more troops and it will be a disaster and he will destroy the Democratic party.

Or he can send no more troops and it will be a disaster and the Republicans will say he lost the war."

Isn't this extraordinary? Obama will roil the Democratic party by sending more troops to fight the war that Democrats have said for years is the "necessary war" (in Obama's words), the central war in the fight against terror, etc., etc.

It's hard to imagine a starker demonstration of bad faith on an important issue of national security.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; bho44; bhodod; bigproblem; decisiontime; democrat; democratic; democraticparty; democrats; destroy; lowry; mcchrystal; mullen; nationalsecurityfail; obama; oef; oefsurge; party; petraeus; quiteadilemma
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama WILL SEND TROOPS in the end, but he will reduce the number of troops.

The Dems can’t save him if he pisses of the Independent voters.

He cannot “Campaign” his way out of this one, a DECISION IS REQUIRED.

If he Says NO.....his YOU LIE label sticks like Superglue.


41 posted on 09/22/2009 4:57:43 PM PDT by 4Speed
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
" There are useful idiots.
There are smug Harvard liberals.
And then there are really useful idiots who are also smug liberals from Harvard."
And then you have the really really useful idiots.
Who are smug liberals from Harvard.
Who have no purpose in life than just being really really useful idiots who are super smug liberals from Harvard.
42 posted on 09/22/2009 4:58:17 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
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To: Roklok

I was in Vietnam during the draw down in 1972.

God bless you fellow Nam’er. I left in 71. Ankhe, Duc Pho, Quang Tri and Chu Lai. It was pure politics that claimed 58,000 lives and our troops in Afghanistan don’t need a repeat of that farce.


43 posted on 09/22/2009 5:05:31 PM PDT by rj45mis
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Looks like from where Zero is standing it’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. That much pleases me but I worry about the troops and the country. We all will ultimately pay the price regardless.


44 posted on 09/22/2009 5:06:24 PM PDT by An American In Dairyland (Green is the new RED)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; informavoracious; larose; RJR_fan; Prospero; Conservative Vermont Vet; ...
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

45 posted on 09/22/2009 5:07:55 PM PDT by narses
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We can only hope that he does just that.


46 posted on 09/22/2009 5:09:11 PM PDT by puppypusher (The world is going to the Dogs.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
0bama MIGHT have made corporal but he wouldn't have been able to perform at that level of responsibility.

He wouldn't have made it out of Marine boot camp.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

47 posted on 09/22/2009 5:16:47 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama finally gets a real job and he’s learning how to do it. Unfortunately for all of us, his first real job is the presidency.


48 posted on 09/22/2009 5:18:41 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Buck Ofama!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I don't know if this was posted here, as it's about 4 months old, but the story of an Afghan warlord/drug baron turned governor working with the US to build irrigation and replace opium with wheat was quite inspiring to me. He'll be the first against the wall when the counter insurgency comes, unless he has a lot of firepower. The Bulldozer
49 posted on 09/22/2009 5:20:08 PM PDT by B.Lyle
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To: Senator John Blutarski
Obama is getting "the exact opposite" advice from McChrystal than from other counterinsurgency experts.

These are the usual suspects. The State Department Pro-Arab Marxists who have been working against American interests for 60 years. They want to see America defeated and humiliated and will work tirelessly with the Democrat Party and the New York Times to make it so.

50 posted on 09/22/2009 5:23:22 PM PDT by centurion316
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This will be Obama’s Vietnam; Obama will be the next Lyndon Johnson. Afghanistan is a quagmire. I never understood why libs always called it the good war, it is the unwinnable and stupid war.


51 posted on 09/22/2009 5:25:30 PM PDT by RebelYell1990
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To: Repeal The 17th
Peter Principle.

Obama has been "promoted" so far beyond his level of incompetence that it completely blasts the Peter Principle out of the water. I can't even think of another example that comes close to this.

52 posted on 09/22/2009 5:28:43 PM PDT by Charles Martel (NRA Lifetime Member since 1984; TSRA rookie)
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To: Kartographer
Clearly McChrystal, Mullen, and Petraeus are racist!

not in word or deed of course but deeeeep down inside... there thinkin' it! /s

53 posted on 09/22/2009 5:29:39 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Freep. Freep. Freep.)
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To: Billthedrill
Now how about considering what's best for the country?

And just how is that relevant to the Democrats?

54 posted on 09/22/2009 5:31:27 PM PDT by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: tired1

Usually if you hit em hard in the head that will do it


55 posted on 09/22/2009 5:32:39 PM PDT by woofie
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wh0res for satan are... well... wh0res for satan... and obama is his b!tch!

LLS


56 posted on 09/22/2009 5:35:32 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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To: rj45mis
I’ve already determined to not watch 24 this season because of that witch!

It is safe to come back, her character is gone.

57 posted on 09/22/2009 5:37:56 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: Senator John Blutarski

The same Hillary that insulted Gen Petraeus during the congressional hearings on Iraq


58 posted on 09/22/2009 5:46:05 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative

Good points all, but it’s not even a question of readiness. Obama hates the country he now leads. He could have had a resume longer than GHW Bush and it wouldn’t matter. He should not be President of the United States. It’s like putting Xaviera Hollander in charge of a nunnery: just plain wrong.


59 posted on 09/22/2009 5:50:02 PM PDT by karnage (worn arguments and old attitudes)
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To: se_ohio_young_conservative
Obama wouldn't even have graduated from college if he was white.

He was GIVEN a degree he didn't earn because of the color of his skin.

60 posted on 09/22/2009 5:52:40 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied, the economy died)
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