Live Thread: Barack Obama Afghan Speech 8 p.m. EST - "Hello I Must Be Going"

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

Live from New York...it's Barack Obama!

On the banks of the Hudson River at West Point, Obama will give his military strategy for Afghanistan, based on the tactical genius of Capt. Spaulding, aka Groucho Marx:

Hello, I Must Be Going

Oh dear, he is coming, At last he's here.

(Spaulding) Hello, I must be going, I cannot stay, I came to say, I must be going. I'm glad I came, but just the same I must be going. La La.

(Mrs. Rittenhouse) For my sake you must stay. If you should go away, You'd spoil this party I am throwing.

(Spaulding) I'll stay a week or two, I'll stay the summer thru, But I am telling you, I must be going.

(All) Before you go, Will you oblige us, And tell us of your deeds so glowing?

(Spaulding) I'll do anything you say, In fact I'll even stay!

(All) Good!

(Spaulding) But I must be going.

[spectre]

"He's trying to appease the left who are totally against sending more troops thus the analogy."

Good point.

[SE Mom]

I was looking for you here...figured you’d show up ;)

That was brutal, wasn’t it?

He’s inept.

[Floratina]

“We’re not as young and perhaps not as innocent a country as we were” in the days of Roosevelt. So I suppose he’s saying we’ve become “guilty”? I’ve never heard a president say something like that. I don’t appreciate it, either.

[going hot]

First rule of war. All plans need to be adjusted as soon as the first round is fired.

Hope he has back up plan B C D etc.

[PapaBear3625]

Seems to be be loseing (loosing,ect..) support.

I scanned thru that DU thread, and the enchantment with Obama is definitely wearing off. Some are starting to turn on him.

Expect his poll numbers to go down some more.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Thank you for this post. I really appreciate it.

[tet68]

“Yeah, HE visits 18 military caskets,”

I must hold my tongue or be banned.

[Krodg]

good call

[whatisthetruth]

Standing ovation for the speech or standing ovation that’s it’s over? You decide!

[rodguy911]

Exactly, that’s why I am now saying sit back and watch these clowns self-destruct its already started.

[upstanding]

McChrystal requested 60,000. The 40,000 was the number that the state media latched onto. 60K was McChrystal's figure for the required @ of men to win the war and limit US casualties. 40K was considered a viable # for a real victory, but would actually entail increased casualties. The "small" option was 20-30K, with heavy emphasis on special forces and would entail a heavy price in casualties. TOTUS just told McChrystal to eff off and also told the military to go and die. Remember, the snob doesn't want any victory. HE is an internationalist Marxist and one of his chief goals is to destroy any chance of American force being an option ever again.

[maggief]

Looking forward to hearing from Sarah ...

[freekitty]

You got me.

[Zman516]

Baraq don’t do no short speeches

...Just following in the footsteps of his fellow travellers Uncle Joe Stalin, Fidel Castro and Maumar Gadaffi.

[Palladin]

plus he’s planning to deploy thousands to the other side of the border—in Pakistan. We will be there for a thousand years if we follow his plan.

[W-Girl]

LOL ...U CRACKED ME UP with that one !!

[Dinah Lord]

“We’re not as young and perhaps not as innocent a country as we were” in the days of Roosevelt. So I suppose he’s saying we’ve become “guilty”? I’ve never heard a president say something like that. I don’t appreciate it, either.

It burns my biscuit too, Miss Floratina.

[Neets]

Most of those cadets have been up since 0500 and this makes for a huge disruption in their study time.

You can only imagine how tired the must be. They also had to be staged at IKE Hall more than an hour before this “lecture” began and they will have to REMAIN in IKE Hall until he and his enterage leave the grounds.

Maybe they’ll get a drop tomorrow.

[uncitizen]

Or standing ovation because they were ordered to?...

[rodguy911]

Whaaaaaa you shoud have stopped by!!My kid lives there!