BLANKLEY: A sinking ship of state

Washington Times ^ | April 6, 2010 | Tony Blankley

[libstripper]

Last summer, President Obama spent several months publicly anguishing over what he would or wouldn't do in Afghanistan. Finally, he

agreed to ramp up troop levels but warned that he intended to start getting American troops out in 18 months. After anguishing in several columns over the president's anguishing, I concluded in November 2009:

"If the Taliban and al Qaeda retake Afghanistan, the world (and America) will have hell to pay for the consequences. But this president and this White House do not have it in them to lead our troops to victory in Afghanistan. So they shouldn't try. The price will be high for whatever foreign policy failures we will endure in the next three years. Let's not add to that price the pointless murder of our finest young troops in a war their leader does not believe in. Bring them home. We'll need them later."

[libstripper]

This is what we get when the Communist in Chief is an America-hating secret mudslime.

[silverleaf]

and today the bombing in Iraq that killed 39 people in an apartment complex was blamed on “al Qaeda”

al Qaeda in Iraq, imagine that

[penelopesire]

Every single thing that Obama touches, turns to crap. I agree with Blankley, if our troops do not have a clear mission for victory and the support they need to achieve it..bring them home.

[libstripper]

Every single thing that Obama touches, turns to crap.

My, my, could that be on purpose/i>??

[glorgau]

Obama won’t be happy until we do a Vietnam-like exit from Kabul with people clinging to the skids of helicopters.

[ConorMacNessa]

Under the current Rules of Engagement, our boys and girls in Afghanistan are little more than cannon fodder. If we’re not going to win, then cut our losses and get out.

[Obadiah]

It is like Obama is one of the Three Stooges who is unwittingly mixing gun powder into a cauldron of nitro glycerin.

Seriously, Obama is screwing up everything.

Hugo Chavez purchasing $5 billion in arms from Putin

North Korea sinking a South Korean Ship

Allowing Iran to go Nuclear

Allowing Iraq to deteriorate

Publicly Showing disrespect to Israel our ally

Encouraging the Palestinian to further unrest

Destroying everything in Afghanistan

Destroying the economic powerhouse of America

Taking away our Liberty via ObamaCare

How much more? The only remaining question is, when will the cauldron of gunpowder and nitro glycerin Obama is mixing blow to high heaven?

[onyx]

In my view, Obama managed to irk Karzai when he showed up in Afghanistan for 12 hours, and Karzai’s announcement that he would join the Taliban is a direct whack at Obama.

Now we have “another” situation that Obama has screwed-up beyond repair, so I think if Karzai is not going to be taken out, then it’s time to bring our brave troops home.

Why sacrifice our treasure in a war the Kenyan,Muslim,Marxist-CIC that idiot voters elected doesn’t want to fight?

[EscapedDutch]

I fear it won’t be too long before al Queda blows something up on our shores. This weakling pretender president is basically sending out an open invitation to our enemies.

[mo]

“bammy’s way out of his financial mess... will be Roosevelt’s...let the world burn...

[Malesherbes]

All of the above, good list. Let me add that Hillary with her demands that Canada have more abortions has put relations with the Harper government in the dumper.

[mkjessup]

From Blankley's article:

"...the New York Times reported on the front page the name of a purported CIA-paid undercover asset. It was none other than Ahmed Wali Karzai, the powerful brother of the Afghan president. The Times cited, on background, Obama administration "political officials," "senior administration officials" and others as its sources to the effect that the Afghan president's brother has been secretly on the CIA payroll for eight years as well as being a major narcotics trafficker."

IF that is true, here is what President Karzai can do next:

With great fanfare, announces that per 0bama's wishes, he is cracking down on corruption and drug trafficking, leads reporters to a ceremonial table where his own brother Ahmed is held down by presidential guards, the President wields a great big ceremonial sword and beheads his own brother for "taking bribes from, and trafficking in drugs FOR 0bama's CIA!"

Then with a smile to the cameras, President Karzai says "Mr. 0bama? How do you like me NOW?" :)

[Carley]

He sent the troops and then he cut their legs out from under them.

[outinyellowdogcountry]

My nephew just deployed to Afghanistan. Pray for them and our commander in chief. God is able to direct Obama whether Obama knows it or not. God is our protection.

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks to your nephew for his service. Our troops are always in my prayers.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

"America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

-Barack Hussein Obama

[penelopesire]

I agree onyx. This is going to sound radical, but I never understood why the US stuck it’s nose in the Afghan poppy production before they had viable economic alternatives ready to propose for the afghan populace. The afghans have been growing poppies for centuries and it’s more than naive for our country to think we could stop an entire economic foundation for a country as poor as Afghanistan. It seems to me that they could have chosen a middle road of some kind. There are legitimate uses for opioids (medicine,etc.). Why couldn’t they have proposed that Afghanistan supply opium for drug manufacturers or something? I am probably being wildly naive here as well, but it just seems they could have handled this a little better imho.

[onyx]

I agree with you and have suggested many times that a deal should have first been brokered to buy the crop for that very purpose and destroy the rest. Much cheaper than trying to interrupt drug shipments, but that would put a lot of enforcement agencies out of work, wouldn’t it?

We’re just too damn pragmatic, penelopesire!

[silverleaf]

Even sending “mixed signals” can be so very dangerous, as history has shown. Even as recently as with Saddam Hussein. How are mass murdering despots ike Kim Chong Il and his generals- supposed to read into Barry's nuance?

Is this going to persuade China and Putin to lay down arms?

Who is to say how Iran or North Korea or al Qaeda - possessor of the “poor man's nukes”, ie chemical and bio agents inteneded for mass murder- how will these men interpret Barry's unilateral gesture?

The Ivy League pinhead armchair generals around the weakling obama have been preaching this unilateral “no nukes” disarmament strategy all their lives- just look how many times they have been “right” about the altruism and good will of the haters of Western culture and civilization???

And how many times history has proven “right” on the foreign policy beliefs of people like John Kerry, Pelosi, Reid, Hillary/Bill Clinton, Mad Albright, Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark, Joe Biden, etc .

[penelopesire]

That would have been an excellent solution onyx. We probably could have saved many lives and lots of money doing it your way.