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 ...
Unengaged!
Guy spent 40 minutes with BP and McChrystal in the same time period spent over 31 hours golfing.
HTF does a career special ops guy get fooled into voting for Obama?
“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.
It's now apparent that Iraq ‘distracted’ Al Qaeda and their ilk from Afghanistan. The brilliance of Bush's stratergery is now proven.
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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.
President Obama stands for his own self interest, nothing more. Again, it's the predictable echo of narcissism.
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.
“...the rules of unengagement.” m Delish...
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.
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.
ping
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. “
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!
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.
*shrug* It’s a very human failing.
I’ll go with Rush - mental disorder.
hammer... nail... Steyn....
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