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Book: Petraeus almost quit
over Afghan drawdown
Associated Press ^
| 12/30/11
| Kimberly Dozier
Posted on 12/29/2011 8:42:00 AM PST by Nachum
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:42:11 AM PST
by
Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:43:17 AM PST
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Although the news media now seems uninterested, it is a fact that Obama's handling of the war in Afghanistan has killed more American soldiers in 3 years than were killed in the 6+ years previous.
Petreaus should have resigned long before.
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:48:24 AM PST
by
skeeter
To: Nachum
I respect General Petraeus. He should reserve judgement about the “wisdom” of the political decisions for the draw-downs, until he sees how the commander in chief uses these troops before the election. Some still believe suppression is still an option.
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:50:24 AM PST
by
Rapscallion
(Do not even call him "president"...."Mister" will be more accurate.)
To: Nachum
Awesome...as the...(never mind) say...!
I am impressed!
Maybe he shoulda even stamped his foot good and hard!
Semper Watching!
*****
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:52:15 AM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Nachum
Fine, glad he stayed. But saying this now has a tinger of “selfish, grandstanding” IMHO. Why not leave these thoughts for his memoirs?
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posted on
12/29/2011 8:57:30 AM PST
by
bigbob
To: Nachum
. Petraeus decided that resigning would be a "selfish, grandstanding move with huge political ramifications" Like subsequently being appointed CIA Director.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:03:46 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Nachum
Didn’t Kimberly Dozier (AP reporter) used to work for CBS; she was almost killed in Iraq, correct?
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:03:46 AM PST
by
Perdogg
To: Rapscallion
I will not conflate my outrage over the MoveOn.org full-page "Betrayus" ad with admiration for the good General. I'm not inclined to buy the 'salute and drive on' stoicism that this little paean seeks to portray.
He seems to have adapted well to the Obeyme regime and without discernible inflection on the Wun's slow motion surrender. He was offered plata o plomo and chose plata.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:05:22 AM PST
by
SargeK
To: All
Hmm, he ALMOST quit, but he didn’t. He ALMOST stood his ground against a bad military decision, but he didn’t. He ALMOST, he almost, he almost...but he didn’t.
More US soldiers ALMOST made it home alive in the last 3 years than in the previous 6, but they didn’t.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:07:09 AM PST
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: Nachum
Petraeus could have shown real guts and called the Usurper out on his ineligibility. Instead he was bought off with a promotion like just another punk. God Bless Terry Lakin.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:13:19 AM PST
by
kreitzer
To: kreitzer
Petraeus could have shown real guts and called the Usurper out on his ineligibility. And he was too worried about what some preacher in Florida was doing.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:15:26 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: gunnyg
See Ms Google for ...Admiral Fallon Vs Petraeus...
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:18:41 AM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Nachum
No General Douglas MacArthur there.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:27:03 AM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it. (plagiarized))
To: Nachum
As far as I could see, whenever Obama told Petraeus to jump, he asked, “How high?”
Wasn’t it Petraeus who burned those Bibles, declared that the Koran was sacred, and gave his troops all kinds of politically correct instructions, including Rules of Engagement that didn’t allow them to defend themselves?
In the end, just another Perfumed Prince.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:28:53 AM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Nachum
Wow. A book. How rare. Why did we let this guy out of his job? Win, or no retirement. What incentive is there for any of our generals or admirals to win? What punishment is there for losing? “With your shield or on it” has putrified into “What other job would you like?”
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:35:32 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Nachum
Foxtrot Uniform to General Petraeus. This guy, I was hoping, would stick his finger in the faux-POTUS' eye, kick his ass, and run for President himself.
Me? I am looking for the yanqui equivalent of General Pinochet to delay our inexorable slide into euro-weenieism, or worse, the Marxism that is the ideology of Team Obama.
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:38:15 AM PST
by
Kenny Bunk
((So, you're telling me Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts can't figure out this eligibility stuff?))
To: Navy Patriot
The Pullers, MacArthurs, Pattons, Lemays, etc. have long since been systematically purged from the ranks along the road to serfdom!
Semper Watching!
*****
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posted on
12/29/2011 9:49:26 AM PST
by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: Nachum
This is an unfortunate example that our top military leaders are totally politicized today.
Our troops have very few people left who will watch their backs anymore.
To: Nachum
Petraeas reaction reminds me of Irving Berlins tune, What do you do with a general after he has stopped being a general? It is hard to give it all up. Which is why the Joint Chiefs allowed LBJ to go to war in Vietnam, even though they realized—unlike LBJ—that Vietnam is NOT a “little old country. but a country large as ill-suited for major operations as Italy was in 1943. To resign is to end up on the golf course, chatting with defeated pols and aging celebrities.
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posted on
12/29/2011 10:21:51 AM PST
by
RobbyS
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