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Mark Steyn: Learning the rules of an unengaged president (What do McChrystal and BP have in common?)
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| Jun 25, 2010
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 06/25/2010 2:18:48 PM PDT by xzins
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It's hard to fight a war without war aims, and, in the end, they can only come from the top. It took the oil spill to alert Americans to the unengaged president. From Moscow to Tehran to the caves of Waziristan, our enemies got the message a lot earlier and long ago figured out the rules of unengagement.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:18:53 PM PDT
by
xzins
To: xzins
Unengaged!
Guy spent 40 minutes with BP and McChrystal in the same time period spent over 31 hours golfing.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:23:25 PM PDT
by
omega4179
(www.jdforsenate.com)
To: xzins
HTF does a career special ops guy get fooled into voting for Obama?
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:25:26 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: xzins
“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.”
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This is a classic example of Obama’s total lack of loyalty to anyone or anything other than himself and his twisted ideology. Or should I more properly say, the ideology of the Soros Stalinist class, et al, who are using him as the not-so-perfect Manchurian Candidate to serve THEIR agenda.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:26:21 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: xzins
“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.”
It's now apparent that Iraq ‘distracted’ Al Qaeda and their ilk from Afghanistan. The brilliance of Bush's stratergery is now proven.
To: xzins
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:29:22 PM PDT
by
PMAS
To: ryan71
HTF does a career special ops guy get fooled into voting for Obama?
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Been pondering this. There had to be something there -— power, rank, money of sorts. And maybe finally total disgust when he found out that he was fed the standard generic pile of lies. He was not a happy camper near the end for sure.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:29:53 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: xzins
The president seems to stand foursquare for nothing much. President Obama stands for his own self interest, nothing more. Again, it's the predictable echo of narcissism.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:37:57 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Save America)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
“It's now apparent that Iraq distracted Al Qaeda and their ilk from Afghanistan. The brilliance of Bush's stratergery is now proven.”
Exactly and the Dems took the bait, calling Afghanistan “the right war”. They didn't really want to fight it but they couldn't figure out how to leave it.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:41:25 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: xzins
“...the rules of unengagement.” m Delish...
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:41:34 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton)
To: ryan71
HTF does a career special ops guy get fooled into voting for Obama? McChrystal probably has a love of abortion. The ability to kill one's progeny while still in the womb is a powerful draw for many.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:43:01 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(A pro-life democrat is one who holds out for something in return for his pro-abortion vote.)
To: EagleUSA; ryan71
Israel’s Ehud Barak suffers from the same affliction. The most reasonable explanation would seen to be that being a skilled and dedicated specops warrior does not guarantee wisdom outside of one’s area of expertise.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:44:35 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: nnn0jeh
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:44:58 PM PDT
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: xzins
Classic Steyn!
“...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. “
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
It's now apparent that Iraq distracted Al Qaeda and their ilk from Afghanistan. The brilliance of Bush's stratergery is now proven. It would only be brilliant if it also led to a victory in Afghanistan. And the overriding issue remains: when you win Iraq (as we now have), the distraction for Al Qaeda ends.
Let's face it: Between the terrain, the poverty, and the sympathetic nuclear neighbor, Afghanistan is a tough place to fight. Obama is exactly the wrong guy to try to win it, but he's in office, and we have to win it. So go with God, General Petraeus!
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:50:56 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(A pro-life democrat is one who holds out for something in return for his pro-abortion vote.)
To: Slings and Arrows
“a skilled and dedicated specops warrior does not guarantee wisdom outside of ones area of expertise.”
A guy like that can't spot a bull$hitter? lol!
Guess that explains why he likes Karzai too.
Michael Yon called McCrystal out months ago. That's why Yon was sent packing.
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posted on
06/25/2010 2:51:53 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: ryan71
*shrug* It’s a very human failing.
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posted on
06/25/2010 3:00:03 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Yossarian
Bush's idea was to deny Al Queda safe haven in Afghanistan. Probably figured we could not “win” it in a reasonable about of time. The brilliance was in realizing that and choosing Iraq where Al Queda were easier to find and kill.
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posted on
06/25/2010 3:01:53 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: Slings and Arrows
I’ll go with Rush - mental disorder.
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posted on
06/25/2010 3:03:24 PM PDT
by
ryan71
(Let's Roll!)
To: xzins
hammer... nail... Steyn....
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posted on
06/25/2010 3:04:24 PM PDT
by
Gritty
(Today the future lies between the certainty of decline and the probability of catastrophe-Mark Steyn)
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