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2009-11-12 Home Front: Politix
Obama Won't Take Any Current War Options, Official Says
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Posted by ed 2009-11-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 TOPIX > AFGHAN FUTURE TROUBLED BY EX-WARLORDS IN GOVERNMENT AND DRIVE TO END CORRUPTION.

IOW, the OLD BOYZ NETWORK don't want their funnin' and scammin' and profiterin' to end just yet.

* SAME > JAPAN TO TELL OBAMA IT WANTS OKINAWA BASE CLOSED.

"CONTINENTAL/OFFSHORE SHELF DIPLOMACY" > Many CHIN view OKINAWA = RYUKYUS as part of country's natural underwater geologic or continental shelf, hence think OKIN should [preferably] be independent from Japan + part of CHIN'S DESIRED FUTURE EEZ-SEZ = FREE TRADE ZONE, as due in part to the RYUKYU'S KINGDOM'S ANCIENT TIES TO BEIJING = PEIPING, NOT TOKYU = TOKIO???
Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola  2009-11-12 00:18|| na]">[na]  2009-11-12 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 It's all about him. He's not concerned with the Taliban, AQ, radical Islam, or the war per se. He's concerned about who he'll face in 2012. Give the generals the troops they need to win and they get the credit. Pull the troops out and the failure is his which aids his opponent in 2012. Do nothing and wait for an opportunity is the only working option he has to protect his political position. That means he assumes that the generals won't publicly resign, retire, and become part of the opposition. Which means he's either gambling [though with a reasonable measure of the behavior of the individuals] or has something on the other individuals [politics of personal destruction].
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-12 08:00||   2009-11-12 08:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Figured out a way to vote "present" on this one, biatch!!! I AM the most smartest president evah!!!
Posted by B. Hussein Oblahblah 2009-11-12 08:18||   2009-11-12 08:18|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the nice features that real world military ops share with computer video games is the Pause Button. This handy feature allows you to stop the action so you can figure out what to do next. It's great because everything freezes - your guys don't die and the situation doesn't keep going south while you ponder and deliberate.
Posted by SteveS 2009-11-12 10:04||   2009-11-12 10:04|| Front Page Top

#5 The second sentence rings alarm bells.

What the hell is wrong with the State Dept? They screwed up Iraq until Bush let the military have its way, now they are doing the same thing to Afghanistan.

The State Dept is screwing the military over again. Amb to Afghanistan is the one screwing this up and that is who Obama is listening to, not his Generals. State is all about the politics and doesn't give a shit about the military aspects. I guess Obama fits in well with that mind set.

I think the military shoudl simply tell State OK YOU FIGHT THE WAR and take all those Marines guarding the embassy away. Let the locals come on in.
Posted by Bolshoun 2009-11-12 10:55||   2009-11-12 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 I dunno. I have reservations too. How do we supply extra troops? Karzai makes a nice scapegoat if you don't want to say out loud that Pakistan isn't holding together very well and that we don't trust the Russian "support" we paid for with the missile defense backdown.
Posted by James">James  2009-11-12 12:11|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]  2009-11-12 12:11|| Front Page Top

#7 yeah. F#Ck the state department.
Posted by newc">newc  2009-11-12 12:21||   2009-11-12 12:21|| Front Page Top

#8 If we aren't in Afghanistan to win (and it looks like we aren't) for heavens sake get our boys out of there.

No plan = casualties and defeat.

Obama is worse than Nero.
Posted by DarthVader 2009-11-12 12:43||   2009-11-12 12:43|| Front Page Top

#9 They could have quit typing after
OBAMA WON'T
Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-12 14:07||   2009-11-12 14:07|| Front Page Top

#10 I guess Obother knows the answer and none of the options were correct, they will have to try again until they get it right. Until then, the blood will be on the security team's hands. Have a great trip to asia mr. president!

Any takers on a Thanksgiving announcement? 3-1-2 odds Reinforce/Status Quo/Withdraw.
Posted by swksvolFF 2009-11-12 15:47||   2009-11-12 15:47|| Front Page Top

#11 None of the options included the words "apologise and surrender".
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2009-11-12 18:51||   2009-11-12 18:51|| Front Page Top

#12 The Big O does not care about Afghanistan. He really does not want to do anything about Pakistan, and he certainly does not want to do anything about the Saudis, who are a major player in financing terror worldwide, with their wahhabi nutcase princes and financiers.

The last US govt entity with any integrity is the military. The Big O is going to grind them down in Afghanistan without a clear winning strategy until the good guys quit and the sycophants float to the top of the food chain.

The destruction in all parts of the government is unbelievable.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-11-12 20:46||   2009-11-12 20:46|| Front Page Top

#13 None of the options included the words "apologise and surrender".

So that is option five, but Obama chose option six: Dither and delay.

All delays are dangerous in war.

--John Dryden
Posted by badanov 2009-11-12 21:28|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org]  2009-11-12 21:28|| Front Page Top

#14 that's the thing with empty suits: there's no spine there, either. All the cheap thug Chicago tricks won't hide the fact that he's a "present" p*ssy, with no basic personal principles or bedrock beliefs, other than redistribution of wealth, hatred of European colonial history, yadda yadda.

He's an embarrassment and a one term fool, just like Carter. Now's the time for Damage Limitation
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2009-11-12 21:44||   2009-11-12 21:44|| Front Page Top

#15 Un-be-Fucking believable!

This TOTAL FOOL is going to get a lot of great people killed. In fact he ALREADY HAS!

What a dumb-ass.
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-11-12 22:16||   2009-11-12 22:16|| Front Page Top

#16 He needs those war bucks to fund his midnight basketball schemes. No surprises here.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-12 22:50||   2009-11-12 22:50|| Front Page Top

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