Posted on 06/25/2010 2:18:48 PM PDT by xzins
If finding Obama "not engaged," as Gen. McChrystal did, is now a firing offense, who among us is safe?
What do Gen. McChrystal and British Petroleum have in common? Aside from the fact that they're both Democratic Party supporters.
Or they were. Stanley McChrystal is a liberal who voted for Obama and banned Fox News from his HQ TV. Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be lost in combat while giving an interview to Rolling Stone: They'll be studying that one in war colleges around the world for decades. The management of BP were unable to vote for Obama, being, as we now know, the most sinister duplicitous bunch of shifty Brits to pitch up offshore since the War of 1812. But, in their "Beyond Petroleum" marketing and beyond, they signed on to every modish nostrum of the eco-Left. Their recently retired chairman, Lord Browne, was one of the most prominent promoters of cap-and-trade. BP was the Democrats' favorite oil company. They were to Obama what Total Fina Elf was to Saddam.
But what do McChrystal's and BP's defenestration tell us about the president of the United States? Barack Obama is a thin-skinned man and, according to Britain's Daily Telegraph, White House aides indicated that what angered the president most about the Rolling Stone piece was "a McChrystal aide saying that McChrystal had thought that Obama was not engaged when they first met last year." If finding Obama "not engaged" is now a firing offense, who among us is safe?
...Well, that's certainly ugly, but is it the truth? Afghanistan, you'll recall, was supposed to be the Democrats' war, the one they allegedly supported, the one the neocons' Iraq adventure was an unnecessary distraction from.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
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"This, of course, is the Obama enigma: Who is this guy? What are his core beliefs?"
Gee, if only your newspaper had thought to ask those fascinating questions oh, say, a month before the Iowa caucuses.
Granted the Dems' usual shell game – to avoid looking soft on national security, it helps to be in favor of some war other than the one you're opposing – Candidate Obama was an especially ripe promoter. In one of the livelier moments of his campaign, he chugged down half a bottle of Geopolitical Viagra and claimed he was hot for invading Pakistan.
Another brilliant work of analysis by Mark. Read the whole thing.
Eh bien?? What are they waiting for?? (For you Mossad types: Nu???) Let’s get it on, guys!
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“Which may at least partly explain how he became the first U.S. general to be lost in combat while giving an interview to Rolling Stone: They’ll be studying that one in war colleges around the world for decades.”
ROFLMAO! Gawd, I LOVE YOU Mark Steyn!!
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Thank you for your work. Good job.
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The Left -- the media and the Democrats (never mind the anti-war groups) -- never seemed to understand the strategic purposes behind the Iraq operation.
Evidently, they can't read a map. Nor appreciate the military advantage of fighting in Iraq, rather than Afghanistan.
Or maybe they just don't want to understand...
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If nothing else Gen. Stanley Mc Crystal found out what liberalism-socialism is all about. As the old saying goes…Life is a learning experience and wise people NEVER stop learning, as smart as they think they are.
Always remember to be humble!
You are only a visitor, subject to recall at any moment. You are no more than a speck of dust within the scope of time, space and eternity. All granted by the good grace of your creator.
Socialism-Liberalism is an equal opportunity destroyer and no country ever taxed itself in to prosperity!
If nothing else Gen. Stanley Mc Crystal found out what liberalism-socialism is all about. As the old saying goes…Life is a learning experience and wise people NEVER stop learning, as smart as they think they are.
Always remember to be humble!
You are only a visitor, subject to recall at any moment. You are no more than a speck of dust within the scope of time, space and eternity. All granted by the good grace of your creator.
Socialism-Liberalism is an equal opportunity destroyer and no country ever taxed itself in to prosperity!
If nothing else Gen. Stanley Mc Crystal found out what liberalism-socialism is all about. As the old saying goes…Life is a learning experience and wise people NEVER stop learning, as smart as they think they are.
Always remember to be humble!
You are only a visitor, subject to recall at any moment. You are no more than a speck of dust within the scope of time, space and eternity. All granted by the good grace of your creator.
Socialism-Liberalism is an equal opportunity destroyer and no country ever taxed itself in to prosperity!
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