[mojito]

All the approved leaks are coming out of the White House now in anticipation of the 0 speech at West Point. It's interesting how all the stories focus on the troop increase, yet we all know that his speech will not just be to announce a troop increase. He'll have to throw some meat to his far-left base, and that means announcing some sort of "exit strategy" guaranteed to insure confusion and cross-purposes, if not outright defeat. Curious how that aspect of the speech is not part of these approved leaks, making me think that what he's going to announce is going to be some sort of indensible and humiliating surrender.

[gimme1ibertee]

Semper Fi and God speed.

[lowbridge]

9K Marines Reportedly to be First to Go After Obama

That has a nice ring to it, doesnt it?

[wita]

I would guess something akin to the New York trial announcement. Perhaps wild and crazy enough to get the trial off the front page.

[OldDeckHand]

Does this make Obama a "Chickenhawk"? Yes. Of course it does. Will Obama be called a "Chickenhawk". No, of course he won't.

Incidentally, Biden received several Vietnam deferments, just like Cheney. Will the NY Times point that out?

[BGHater]

‘announcing some sort of “exit strategy” guaranteed to insure confusion and cross-purposes,’

I would hope there would be a ‘exit strategy’ at some point. We currently have 68K troops in Afghanistan, and that does not includes PMC’s.

Now we are gonna add 30-35K more, bringing over 100k troops in Afghanistan. Joy.

I hope thats ‘enough’ to fininsh the ‘job’; which of course, won’t happen.

[A_Former_Democrat]

GO GET ‘EM MEN & WOMEN

You’re the best and the brightest . . . Win the victory and come home soon. GBU each and everyone.

[tbpiper]

I breathlessly await the ‘strategy’ speech from the Capon-in-Chief.

[The Comedian]

9,000 fewer armed, trained patriots on US soil.

Obama is scared crapless of what's in store for him.

Nobody fears a coup the way a coup leader does.

Enjoy the trappings of power while you can, Baraq.

Order real men around like they are your chess pieces.

You'll be going down very hard, very soon.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[acoulterfan]

“new troops to be deployed over the next 12 to 18 months.”

Well that gives him time to NEVER send any!

[TMSuchman]

To my brothers & sisters in Arms & Harms way;

GOD Bless,good luck & happy hunting!

Ask no quarter & give none!

Take NO PRISONERS! We can get all the intel, from their cell phones & laptops anyway.

[duffus]

I see nobody has learned a thing from such failures as Korea or Nam.

More American blood for nothing.

No plan, no brain at work, just send troops to advise, train and pacify those “Bad Attitudes” among the populace.

I wonder what monster will be found beyond those border for the Neo Rome to attack next?

[silverleaf]

this is supposed to be good news?
all these brave men (many still teenage boys)- ditto women and girls

fighting who, how, and for what? Careful boys, our foes are not enemies, be sure you read them their rights, they may end up in a US courtroom 5 years from now to testify against you and their buddies will know who you are and where your family lives

And kill a civilian they hide behind and we'll turn you over to the ICC

All this on the “orders” (vested by the US Constitution?) of this POS pretender (I have a war too) and the weakling generals who salute him and his Harvard academic and Chicago radical advisors

- we all know this is about nothing more than saving his sorry axx while he desperately tries to convince the tolly-bon to love him and strike a deal

[ExTexasRedhead]

I vote for sending the US Congress to Afganistan ahead of our Marines with Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Boxer, Feinstein, Frank, Dodd, Schumer, Kerry (hero of Vietnam), Kennedy, et al. leading the charge right into the Taliban’s stronghold. Let’s see if the members of Congress have any guts whatsoever when it comes to anything other than corruption and lies and their deliberate plot to destroy our country.

My bet is that they’re gutless, spineless, and chicken feces.

[JoeMac]

One of these Marines happens to be the fiancee of one of my nieces. I’m praying for this young man. I’m praying for them all.

[zeugma]

Without a change to the ROE, more troops won’t help.

[444Flyer]

Godspeed Marines. You fight for your Brothers. You fight for your fellow countrymen. Focus on the task at hand and may the Lord Himself watch each and every one of your backs in battle, I pray.

[novemberslady]

Bring them all home.
Now.