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Obama has Only Spoken with Commander USFOR-A Once
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Posted on 09/28/2009 8:45:07 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Obama has Only Spoken with Commander USFOR-A Once

This is certainly a unique interpetation of "wartime presidency." What does it say about your Commander-in-Chief when he's spoken with David Letterman more than his key guy in Afghanistan?

The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan.

“I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconferece],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday.

“You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up.

“That is correct,” the general replied.

Posted by John Noonan on September 28, 2009 11:10 AM


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Hey he's too busy!
1 posted on 09/28/2009 8:45:07 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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ouch. Ouch. ouch. ONCE???


2 posted on 09/28/2009 8:46:23 AM PDT by merry10
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But he’s met with ACORN about every week.


3 posted on 09/28/2009 8:47:12 AM PDT by raptor29
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He hasn’t talked to me either.

This guy must be afraid of guns...and victory.

Ann Coulter: “You want to make a liberal angry? Defend America.”


4 posted on 09/28/2009 8:47:17 AM PDT by RexBeach
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So, how many times has Barry talked to the head of the SEIU?


5 posted on 09/28/2009 8:47:30 AM PDT by silverleaf (If we are astroturf, why are the democrats trying to mow us?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Interferes with his golf game.


6 posted on 09/28/2009 8:47:55 AM PDT by keepitreal ( Don't tread on me.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I wonder how his statement will affect his career? BHO isn’t one to take lightly to being publicly embarrassed.


7 posted on 09/28/2009 8:48:06 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (When a president must hire out his real job to 32 czars, he was never CEO material.)
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To: Sub-Driver

President METROSEXUAL PANTYWAIST feels threatened to be in the same room with a REAL MAN.

God help us.

But why should — or SHOULD — He?


8 posted on 09/28/2009 8:48:22 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (THE 2010 ELECTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN OUR LIFETIMES! BE THERE!!!)
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http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/09/28/obama_could_pull_some_troops_out_of_afghanistan.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=political-wire

September 28, 2009

Obama Could Pull Some Troops Out of Afghanistan
First Read: “Turning to Afghanistan, the news over the weekend that Colin Powell was among those Obama was seeking advice about Afghanistan didn’t get the attention it deserved. This could be the best hint yet that the president is rethinking the strategy to the point that not only are more troops NOT going to be sent, but we could see a re-deployment of some troops OUT of Afghanistan proper. By the way, the president is getting personal with his outreach on this issue, as he called John McCain over the weekend in what was described as a brief chat with the president making his case for deliberation.”


9 posted on 09/28/2009 8:48:51 AM PDT by roses of sharon ( Reagan said, "When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.")
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McChrystal isn’t one of the cool celebs with a tv show where Hussein can play back tapes of himself as the crowd cheers when he walks out on stage.


10 posted on 09/28/2009 8:48:54 AM PDT by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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Hussein’s war is against the AMERICAN people!


11 posted on 09/28/2009 8:49:06 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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I believe this sort of proves the point that many now realize, but don't say - President Obama is a misfit who has surrounded himself with misfits.
12 posted on 09/28/2009 8:49:51 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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Obama must think McChrystal works for Fox News.
13 posted on 09/28/2009 8:50:05 AM PDT by WrightOnTarget
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Sure someone should ask Gibby that question they will probably deflect he has met with SECDEF and JCS blah, Blah Blah....

Obama is destroying this country welcome to chaos.


14 posted on 09/28/2009 8:50:32 AM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Joe Wilson was speaking truth to power in the Peoples House. I am Joe !)
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That much? [/s]

These pictures are brought to you by the First Amendment (while it lasts).





15 posted on 09/28/2009 8:51:13 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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Just out of curiosity: How frequently did Bush talk to his commanders?


16 posted on 09/28/2009 8:52:05 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: Sub-Driver
Washington Times version
17 posted on 09/28/2009 8:52:42 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Everyone signing up after Nov 28, 1997 is a newbie.)
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To: Sub-Driver

From Audacity of Hope: ‘I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.’


18 posted on 09/28/2009 8:52:50 AM PDT by Lexington Green (Racist? When you call me that... smile.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Getting the Olympics for Chicago seems to be more important than winning a war and/or our troops dying.

I hate this man.


19 posted on 09/28/2009 8:53:03 AM PDT by autumnraine (You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out!)
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To: Diogenesis
Bottom pic of Zero bowing....do you recall which FReeper did the animation to make it look like he was performing an act that rhymes with Horatio?

I'd saved it, but lost it.....

20 posted on 09/28/2009 8:54:55 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not an Obama "Administration"....it's a "Regime")
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