I suspect the teleprompter is getting spanked right now.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 12/10/2009 12:55:26 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
"As a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler’s armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda’s leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism — it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason."
Folks, you do realize Obama is not admired by Europeans don’t you? If you think he is admired by them, I think you’re kidding yourself.
He has made some incredible mistakes, that have convinced them he’s an ignorant boob.
When he makes a comment, number one, they are not going to change their view, and number two, they aren’t stupid enough to believe him when his tangible actions don’t match his rhetoric.
This guy sees nothing worth defending in the United States. He is trying to spend it into the poor house, so we can’t even afford to defend ourselves. They know this.
It is a small satisfaction, in this otherwise losing battle, to see him have to go over there and act the statesmen. Believe me, if his poll numbers were not in the tank. It wouldn't have been half Bush in that speech, it would have been 100 percent Hugo Chavez.
In the scheme of things, does it mean anything? Not really. We are still losing the war and way behind the curve.Tomorrow he'll be back to signing away our sovereignty, no one forgets that. But I enjoyed watching him have to say things that pain him and I really, really enjoyed the Euro elites have to stomach it from one of their own kind.
I suspect the teleprompter is getting spanked right now.
I think what it means is he sees the handwriting on the wall. He’s pulling a Bill Clinton. Moving to the right (ie center) to save his political ass.
I agree— I was 100% in favor of the invasions to topple the governments of Iraq and Afghanistan... And I am 100% opposed to the time, money and lives we are wasting there “rebuilding” these crap-holes.
I favored the initial invasion too and the theory of “kill the guys who did 9-11 and get out.” I should have know, however, that the politicians had another agenda.
I'm in favor of rebuilding the crapholes because it's from the crapholes that they attack us and our strategic interests.
You don't drain the swamp just to let it fill up again.
I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism -- it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.That ought to teach the Nobel committee leftists a thing or two -- yes, Obama *will* piss all over anything and everything. And, they all deserve one another.
WRT Iraq, we moved 500 TONS of Iraqi Uranium to Canada.
Should we return it to the Middle East?
Please, DO NOT call ron paul a conservative.
He is nothing more than a two faced lying career politician who should be tossed out along with the other 534 criminals on Crapital Hill.
So goes the theory. But, I wonder, is there enough money, largess, schools and hospitals that will fill every hole in the sieve of Islamofascism?
It has become more and more clear to me that America will be target #1 for the foreseeable future, perhaps the rest of the century.
Islamofascism seeks to conquer us and it will not stop until we defeat it.
We've already begun rebuilding Afghanistan and to fail is to show a general weakness of resolve that America cannot afford.
Canada is already reprocessing it for peaceful purposes, so I'm not worried—at all.
WRT Iraq's nuclear program, I'd say that was "dead in the water"...
1) as long as Iraq has oil ten-years out...
2) until Iran's nukes are destroyed.
"...All that uranium (buried in barrels) dated from before 1991, not from Saddam's mythical nuclear program of the early 2000s..."
Uranium doesn't wear out. Saddam's friends would omit saying the 500 TONS of Uranium would be in Iran's hands right now. (Like Saddam's jet fighters).
P.S.: I read the article, and am not concerned.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/iraq-war/news/article.cfm?c_id=590&objectid=10605996&pnum=1
What are you talking about? Are you arguing that the U.S. installed pro-Iran Shi'ite government in Iraq would have given the uranimum to Iran? Saddam and the Iranians hated each other. In fact, it was Khomeini, not Bush, who was the first person to call for regime change in Baghdad.
I'm not "arguing" at all: 500 TONS of Uranium is better off in Canada than in the Middle East.
So are arguing that the bloody Iraq/Iran was all a fake? If so, you make the truthers seem like moderates by comparision.
That’s bloody “Iraq/Iran War”
"In spite of this, and the numerical and technical supremacy that the allies had, the Iraqi Air Force still managed to fly a number of sorties every day for the first week. The mass exodus of aircraft to Iran also caught US commanders by surprise, an initially they were powerless to prevent it. Eventually CAPs were placed over Baghdad to stem the flow, long tedious missions that led to them being withdrawn after a few days. The exodus then started again..."
http://redirectingat.com/?id=42X487496&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.airpower.maxwell.af.mil%2Fairchronicles%2Fapj%2Fcentner.html
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