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President Obama Was Right
New York Times ^ | June 5, 2014 | David Brooks

Posted on 06/07/2014 5:38:03 PM PDT by Innovative

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The MSM are enemies of the people!

21 posted on 06/07/2014 5:48:28 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: Innovative

It doesn’t matter that other soldiers were killed and injured looking for him when he may not have wanted to be found? This guy is a jackass.


22 posted on 06/07/2014 5:49:52 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Innovative

Brooks is a good little brown-shirt, doing his best to protect Dear Leader.

I didn’t bother clicking through - just the excerpt is enough to make me want to puke. Now we’re talking about degrees of terrorism (the Taliban is not as bad as Al Qaeda)!?!?

We are still at war in Afghanistan. It’s not the Afghans we’re fighting, it’s the Taliban. Team Obama just negotiated the release of 5 top-commanders in the enemy’s “Army”, to get back a traitor and deserter. There is no way to spin this as good.


23 posted on 06/07/2014 5:50:26 PM PDT by Be Free (I believe in gun control. The more people that control their own guns, the safer we'll all be.)
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To: hal ogen

As many as it takes to get the previously outraged Democrats back in line.


24 posted on 06/07/2014 5:50:29 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Innovative

I have a strong feeling that Bergdahl is going to further embarrass these clowns by being an unapologetic Taliban sympathizer once he is allowed to speak.


25 posted on 06/07/2014 5:50:50 PM PDT by gusopol3
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To: Innovative

Wow, I have never read such blatant propaganda in a US newspaper. That article is stunning in its out right lies and distortions.


26 posted on 06/07/2014 5:51:46 PM PDT by Eva
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To: Innovative

We don’t call it he Neu Yawk SLIMES for nothing.


27 posted on 06/07/2014 5:51:49 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: Innovative

The entire Obama entourage has taken up Hillary’s choice of campaign theme song, “What Difference Does It Make?” by The Smiths. And coincidentally, when it comes to 2016, I keep wondering “How Soon Is Now?”


28 posted on 06/07/2014 5:55:40 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: TigersEye

I’m sure many other “news” outlets are eager to follow the NYT’s desertion of truth and responsibility.


29 posted on 06/07/2014 5:55:49 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Innovative

Right off the bat, this writer is full of beans.
“We go in for more overt displays of patriotism than in most other countries: politicians wearing flag lapel pins, everybody singing the national anthem before games, saying the Pledge of Allegiance at big meetings, ...”

Obama doesn’t know to cover his heart with his hand when hearing the National anthem, referencing the iconic FR photograph. Maybe that’s because he’s not one of us. It would explain many of his actions.


30 posted on 06/07/2014 5:57:05 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Innovative
Dear David Brooks,
Please see my thread for more wonderfully over-the-top, laugh-out-loud justifications, like the one you penned.

Your laughable work is JUST the thing to tickle us all. You are comedy GOLD!

Thanks for making us all laugh, and making the world a brighter place!
Love,

Laz

31 posted on 06/07/2014 5:57:07 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Innovative
Did you read this article that says David Brooks is part of a “progressive” journalist group that meets regularly with Obama. They get their marching order and talking points. http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/05/liberal-journalist-wont-say-if-he-met-president-obama/#ixzz33zNTzuVt
32 posted on 06/07/2014 5:57:23 PM PDT by Aussiebabe
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To: Innovative

How embarrassing. This putz is mentally ill.


33 posted on 06/07/2014 5:58:07 PM PDT by spindoctor
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To: Innovative

I note they removed the ability for people to comment. Gee, I wonder why?


34 posted on 06/07/2014 5:59:06 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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QUOTE: “...he is a confused young man who said insulting and shameful things about his country and his Army.”

Sounds like a glaring misuse of the possessive. “...his country and his Army.”


35 posted on 06/07/2014 5:59:49 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: cripplecreek

Took a few days to standardize a story.

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Precisely.


36 posted on 06/07/2014 6:00:42 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Innovative

this is so dumb, the Taliban has sold a worthless defector back the the US in exchange for 5 of their senior guys

it’s as if the russians sold a drunken, drug addicted, Guy Burgess back to the british in exchange for 5 guys they really wanted

obama tries to portray this as “getting our boys home” and brooks falls for it

no wonder brooks is one of obama’s favourite journalists, he is one of those he can fool all of the time
http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/05/liberal-journalist-wont-say-if-he-met-president-obama/


37 posted on 06/07/2014 6:06:22 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Josey Wales asks: How is it with stains ?)
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To: jameslalor

NYT, Post, Chicago Tribune, Philly Enquirer all meet at some point with Obama. Have to in order to so perfectly coordinate their talking points aka propaganda to feed the sheeple.


38 posted on 06/07/2014 6:07:26 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: Innovative
Yes, it does matter that Bergdahl betrayed his brothers, deserting them, and leaving them vulnerable to death.

No, it is not true that the US always trades for prisoners. Tell that to all prisoners released at the ends of other wars.

Yes, it does matter that the US traded 5 generals for one deserter PFC. Since it is demonstrated in the section above that the US has no policy always to trade for its citizens held in custody by other nations, then we are left simply with the value of the deal. It's like trading 5 Tanks for one pea shooter, and a broken one at that. It was a stupid deal; it was an inept deal.

Finally, NO, President Obama was not right. This isn't about the PR value of the deal, and that was a disaster. This is about the specifics of the deal. It revealed again total incompetence. The problem with again revealing Obama’s incompetence is that friend and foe alike will not just take be surprised at how gross the incompetence is, but they'll begin planning how to take advantage of it when it shortly happens again in some other area.

39 posted on 06/07/2014 6:08:01 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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If nothing matters, then why are we even fighting the Taliban? Why are we in AFG, Obamas “right war”? I’ve been asking myself these questions for 5 years. If we are just expending resources and having our troops killed and wounded under asinine ROE, why? All so Obama can get his jollies? Or does he even acknowledge we are even there when Valjar doesn’t remind him?

My wish is we will never fight another war for hearts and minds. If we have to go to war again I hope it’s a war of overwhelming force, “no holds barred” to smite the enemy and come home, to teach our enemies that we fight to win and leave an enemy devastated so the next bad actor thinks twice. Not these stupid political wars that leave us weak and our enemies emboldened. I know it’s a fantasy because politicians, especially libs, see our military as a toy.


40 posted on 06/07/2014 6:08:23 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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