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2010-06-01 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by badanov 2010-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Hey Badanov, thanks for more MM; may it soon have its own header...please continue.

Posted by 2Sealys 2010-06-01 08:44|| 2010-06-01 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad, I was recently down in Las Cruces to go to the White Sands Missile Range. (Awesome BTW)
While there one Steak house in El Paso was recommended, so I had to decide between safety and a great steak.
It was an awesome Ribeye ;)
This violence was constantly on my mind though

Posted by Jan 2010-06-01 10:07|| 2010-06-01 10:07|| Front Page Top

#3 South Of Border

SOB

Posted by No I am the other Beldar 2010-06-01 10:55|| 2010-06-01 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Mexico continues to descend through the floor. What used to be a very nice, second-tier nation has descended below "banana republic" to "active war zone". The people on our southern border have my undying respect and gratitude, especially the folks in Arizona. The El Paso police do an unbelievable job keeping most of the mayhem on the south side of the river. Mexico is going to have to eventually ask for help from us gringos, but it needs to be after that idiot Calderon leaves office or the answer's a resounding "NO".

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-06-01 14:27|| 2010-06-01 14:27|| Front Page Top

#5 Mexico is a failing state. We do nothing.

Iran will soon have nukes. We talk loudly and put away the stick.

Korea's on the brink of war. Our attention's elsewhere.

Our Turkish ally and our Israeli ally are on the brink of war. We're bystanders.

Russia is selling advanced weaponry to Iran and Venezuela. We ignore it and pretend Putin's not spitting in our face.

Britain's leadership has declared an end to the special relationship with the US and is preparing to scale back its military commitments. Barry smirks, and sends back Churchill's bust.

Where the F**** is our Commander in Chief on these issues? Does he even support the notion of strong leadership to advance US interests?

This is not snark but a serious question. Are we seeing massive ineptitude from Barry, or is he deliberately abdicating US leadership?

It's unbelievable. Worse than Carter.

Posted by lex 2010-06-01 15:06|| 2010-06-01 15:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Are we seeing massive ineptitude from Barry, or is he deliberately abdicating US leadership?

I believe both. He thinks that "soft power" and talk will get the job done. He is beyond naive. He is completely ignorant, narcissistic and stupid. He lack of leadership and the massive amounts of ally pissing off will send this planet into a violence cycle that we haven't seen in 50-60 years.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-06-01 15:46|| 2010-06-01 15:46|| Front Page Top

#7 The latter I think, lex. I think he deeply believes our pre-eminence was achieved unjustly and that he is destined to humble us on behalf of world justice.

That, and he's way in over his head as are the cast of Chicago thugs he brought with him to the White House.

Posted by lotp 2010-06-01 15:57|| 2010-06-01 15:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Hard for me to say. The case for deliberate/feature is his obvious and deep drive to put the US on the side of "the wretched of the earth" and atone for imperialism, racism and other past sins of the Western powers.

OTOH, he hasn't closed Gitmo, he's escalated the drone attacks, and he's re-upped Afghanistan, all of which are betes noires of the anti-imperialist western left.

So that leaves incompetence. But again, even Carter learned from his mistakes and turned around his soviet policies after Brezhnev invaded Afghanistan.

I suppose it's ultimately generational and professional as well as ideological. Even Jimmah was a former naval officer and a nuclear engineer who at least understood the uses of US military power in furtherance of US interests, whereas Barry truly believes the US and US interests are not in any way privileged.

This man should be teaching social studies in a lefty inner-city enclave high school. Is there any other national leader, outside of maybe postmodern northern Europe, who does not vigorously and consistently assert his nation's interests?

How many Americans want the US to pull back from world leadership? When will people look up from their personal financial problems and see the damage this man is doing to our nation in the world?

Posted by lex 2010-06-01 16:11|| 2010-06-01 16:11|| Front Page Top

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