It’s now Obama’s war
As cliched as it is, it’s true: the most difficult decision any president must make is whether to send American men and women to war. President Obama has made his decision, according to The Washington Post; he will give Gen. Stanley McChrystal about 34,000 additional troops.
The new deployments, along with 22,000 troops he authorized early this year, would bring the total U.S. force in Afghanistan to more than 100,000, more than half of which will have been sent to the war zone by Obama.
The president also plans to ask NATO and other partners in an international coalition to contribute 5,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, officials said. The combined U.S. and NATO deployments would nearly reach the 40,000 requested last summer by U.S. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the coalition commander in Afghanistan, as part of an intensified counterinsurgency strategy.
Dick Cheney is still popping off, inappropriately, claiming that Obama projects “weakness.” That comes from a vice-president who helped squander the nation’s prestige and resources for the sake of a lie. Cheney has zero credibility.
At the very least, I can expect Obama to look squarely at the American people (and his audience of cadets) and tell us the truth about this war.
But will that be enough? I have my doubts about the president’s decision to up the ante in Afghanistan, a benighted, impoverished and fractured nation. (It’s hardly a nation at all.) Its government is corrupt, so we don’t have a credible partner. And many experts believe that the presence of American troops so aggravates the locals that they are more likely to side with the Taliban.
I’ll be listening intently to the president’s speech tonight to see how he deals with those facts.
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Turd Feguson
December 1st, 2009
7:33 am
LOL…When a president globe-trotts, launches then pursues an apology tour then yes he project weakness. Obobo is seen as weak because he is weak. His attempts to please everyone actually please no one.
Obobo cant tell the truth about this war as he doesnt know it or doesnt want to know.
“And many experts believe that the presence of American troops so aggravates the locals that they are more likely to side with the Taliban.”
Absolutely…there is no way we could win due to the corruption of the local people. They want the Taliban then their wishes should be respected.
Pull out all troops NOW, be sure to steal all the Heroin and bring it home to the USA!!
jt
December 1st, 2009
7:49 am
“Cheney has zero credibility.”
As opposed to Obama?
Right.
Peadawg
December 1st, 2009
7:55 am
“It’s now Obama’s war”
While it at it, how about this as well:
It’s now Obama’s deficit since he keeps adding to it
TnGelding
December 1st, 2009
7:56 am
It’s been his war since the first “adjustment.” It’s a fool’s errand. Why does every president suddenly turn into Mighty Mouse? Let’s hope he’s strong enough to see it through, like Clinton did with Serbia, since he has sentenced hundreds of more to a needless death.
Turd Feguson
December 1st, 2009
7:33 am
And you project strength and quality citizenship? Just can’t get over that he kicked GOP butt, can you?
TnGelding
December 1st, 2009
7:59 am
Peadawg
December 1st, 2009
7:55 am
It takes a while to right a sinking ship. The debt will always be the Gypper’s and the Ivy League Cowboy’s.
Peadawg
December 1st, 2009
8:02 am
When Obama is done w/ all this in 4 years, people will forget all about Bush.
Carter is a Fool
December 1st, 2009
8:05 am
Cynthia, you project ZERO credibility, but you never really were in the credibility business.
I agree that it is now his war. It is also HIS DEFICIT.
Robert
December 1st, 2009
8:12 am
Cynthia, you will never admit it, but Dick Cheney’s assessment of this president is the truth. The polls are showing that America is quickly coming to the same conclusion. The world apology tour hasn’t worked, and his assertion that talking to our enemies hasn’t helped at all. In fact, things are worse! Look at the recent developments in Iran. What improvements have we seen since becoming president? He has dithered too long to make this decision. I truly believe he was holding off so that he could study what the political outcome would be instead of just doing the right thing and sending the number of troops McChrystal requested for the surge 3 months ago. After all, he is first and foremost a politician. Bush may not have been popular with many people, but at least he stuck by his convictions and didn’t care about polls. Of course, there will always be a segment of this society that will support Obama and all of his bad decisions until the end. Remember how the voters in Washington D.C. elected Marion Barry as mayor, even after he was caught smoking crack in a cheap hotel room with a prostitute? This loyalty to him is similar, except what Obama is doing is killing America, instead of himself.
Scott
December 1st, 2009
8:33 am
Hmmm, Cheney says Obama is weak. Was he referring to Obama’s looking out for the terrorist’s best interest (instead of the victims) in moving the 9/11 terror trial to New York? Was he referring to the very low bows in front of Middle East dictators and more recently the Japanese? Do you think he could have been thinking about how Obama jetted around the world apologizing for the previous administration? Could he have been thinking about his indeciseveness on making a decision on sending more troops, even when the surge worked in Iraq and his trusted general has recommended it? Could he have remembered how Obama talked tough about China in his campaign, yet he has done nothing to improve that situation and gets nothing from them on his trip? Could Cheney be thinking about how Obama has for months now repeatedly “warned of consequences” to Iran, but never follows through with the “consequences”. Our biggest enemy Iran surely thinks he is weak and just announced their plans to start up more nuclear plants. Israel thinks he is weak, and his approval rating is 4% over there. Bush and Cheney understood how important our relationship is with England, our strongest ally. Obmam has brushed them off, even to the point of ignoring the prime Minister at the UN summit. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. I keep hearing people talk about how brilliant he is. What has he done that has been smart for this country? Why exactly is he so smart? He wrote a couple of books? What?
Robert
December 1st, 2009
8:49 am
It’s not just Obama,even the security at the White House is weak!
Chris Broe
December 1st, 2009
8:53 am
Cynthia, you are about to be dismayed by our president. Healthcare will pass only if he continues the Bush Doctrine in Afghanistan. Expect familiar slogans tonight like “the surge”, “over there not here”, “Hearts and minds”, “ally in the war on terror”, “self sustained, able to defend itself” and every knuckleheaded utterance that tortured our common sense for the past eight years.
There was a deal made. We get Rx reform. The Saudis get the defense contracts extended in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Cheney wins again.
As a journalist, Cynthia, where is your report on Blackwater after they were banned from Iraq? What has happened? What is the profile of the average Blackwater milita man?
Fox just reported that the Geiko Gecko has canceled Tiger Woods’s auto insurance policy. (The money he could be saving saw the whole thing.)
Davo
December 1st, 2009
8:55 am
“At the very least, I can expect Obama to look squarely at the American people (and his audience of cadets) and tell us the truth about this war”
Why don’t you kill the suspense for me, Tucker…what is the ‘truth about this war’? I’m dying to know what the justification for all this remote-control killing is.
Reality Bites
December 1st, 2009
9:05 am
7 stories Obama doesn’t want told
By: John F. Harris
November 30, 2009 05:45 AM EST
Here are seven storylines Obama needs to worry about:
He thinks he’s playing with Monopoly money
Too much Leonard Nimoy
That’s the Chicago Way
He’s a pushover
He sees America as another pleasant country on the U.N. roll call, somewhere between Albania and Zimbabwe
President Pelosi
He’s in love with the man in the mirror
Chris Broe
December 1st, 2009
9:06 am
AP sources: Four british sailors wandered into Iranian territory and are now prisoners. What is it about Iran’s borders that western hikers keep violating it? Where they Jihad Crashing? Like at the white house dinner party? The sailors weren’t invited, nor were those other guys who got caught. They do have amazing photos of themselves being tortured by the mujahadine, though.
What is going on? I’d like to go to Iran so I can heckle the “death to america” chanters. In Farci, “The jihad blows” sounds similar to “death to america”. I bet I could get a whole crowd to put the accent on the wrong syllable by using a bullhorn and a Tickle Me Elmo to project that high-pitched shrill they use to brown nose the mullahs.
Chris Broe
December 1st, 2009
9:11 am
Fox News is now chanting: “What is the mission of US troops in Afghanistan”.
They must have forgot what Cheney kept murmuring about what it was for eight years.
Chris Broe
December 1st, 2009
9:15 am
Cheney displayed poor sportsmanship when he left office in january. Remember how he practically waved his fist at America and predicted another 911?
If Cheney is right, then he will be our Winston Churchill, and he’ll be drafted as our president. No, wait, that would violate the two-term limit he’s already served as our commander-in-chief, darn.
This is the liberal socialist FDR’s fault.
Common Sense
December 1st, 2009
9:21 am
Robert:
Those two knuckleheads went through the same physical security as everyone else that night.
There’s blame to go around and here is the actual problem:
“One way or another,” King said, “the committee has to find out from the White House what happened, what their role was, and why for the first time in years — maybe in history — there was no one from the White House Social Secretary’s office or staff at the security check point.” according to the LA Times.”
Congressional hearings start Thrusday. This should be interesting.
DAVID
December 1st, 2009
9:23 am
OBAMA is already waving the WHITE flag of EXITing…….OBAMA is our Neville Chamberlain……the appeaser.
El Jefe
December 1st, 2009
9:26 am
At the very least, I can expect Obama to look squarely at the American people (and his audience of cadets) and tell us the truth about this war.
You have got to be kidding!
The truth from a politician – that is counterintuitive.
I am still waiting for this President to stand up and take responsibility for anything. He is the President, he is the man in charge (or so we think). All decisions are his to make, approve or consider.
Of course, it only took him a few months to make this one. Between the golf, and the globe trotting the kowtowing to foreign leaders, the apologies and the normal idiot remarks any President makes.
I am glad to see he has finally made a decision – oh, wait, he didn’t – he had to convene War Councils to tell him which way to go, he still is an indecisive dolt.
DAVID-.....AJC's Truth Detector
December 1st, 2009
9:27 am
OBAMA has to appease his WHITE flag,waving…, anti-WAR left……his base of support.
Common Sense
December 1st, 2009
9:28 am
Ms. Tucker:
Here’s what’s sad.
If a Republican were in office right now doing the “very same thing” Obama is doing regarding this war, you would be going absolutely ballistic (no pun intended) in your threads.
ken ross
December 1st, 2009
9:30 am
If you believe that Obama will tell the truth tonight then I have a bridge to sell you. He has made several campaign promises and hasn’t kept any.
I am totally amazed that educated people keep believing him, especially journalists.
Whatever happened to objective journalism?
Albert C.
December 1st, 2009
9:46 am
Truth is not a commodity that always serves political ends; esssentially, the demand that politicians always be truthful is an invention of late ninetenth and twentieth century journalists. Politicians up until these times were not burdened by having every decision vetted in the daily opinion pages and later challenged as having been “untruthful.” Will the President be truthful tonight? If it serves the interests of the U.S. for him to be untruthful, then I hope he lies. That’s called “realpolitik.”
mike
December 1st, 2009
10:02 am
It’s your war too, Cynthia. When you, along with the rest of the hyper-partisan liberal pundits, talked about how important Afghanistan was. Of course, this was cynical posturing on your part and apparently you (like Obama) never considered that things might deteriorate there and more troops would be required. Your cynicism shows as you change your position.
Maybe you should spend less time “popping off” on the matter, as your interest clearly does extend beyond cynical and partisan motivations.
Joan
December 1st, 2009
10:08 am
Wow. It has all been said in the above posts. Obama is a total loser. We need to position ourselves to declare victory and withdraw. The victory would be in lives saved all around–maybe not Afghan lives, but who cares about them anyway–I mean really. They don’t care about their own lives, but then who would–why would anyone care to live out a life on a rock pile, not to mention the plight of the enslaved and abused women. We will never free the women in Afghanistan no matter what we do. Time to declare victory and get out.
Real
December 1st, 2009
10:19 am
So, set the counter for how many times tonight PresBO says “I” instead of “we”, and “the sky is falling” (yet again)…
Johnny
December 1st, 2009
10:20 am
Conan O’Brien for president 2012
Ward
December 1st, 2009
10:22 am
During the campaign, Obama talked tough about Afghanistan. Once he had to actually make a decision, he waffled on it for 3 months, just like the bureaucrat he is. The moral? It’s a lot easier to give flowery speeches than it is to actually lead. For better or worse, even George understood it was his JOB to be ‘the Decider’. Obama is still grasping at that concept.
HDB
December 1st, 2009
10:25 am
Wow…such hatred for a man who’s trying to right the American course! Everyone looks for a quick solution; there isn’t one….won’t be one!! Obama is making DELIBERATE decisions…rather than the knee-jerk moves of Bush! I’m glad to see him take the time to make the necessary decisions of state!! For those here who think Bush did what was necessary, answer these:1) Why didn’t he capture bin Laden?? 2) Why did the bin Laden leave the US under PRESIDENTIAL authority when US airspace was closed? 3) Why wasn’t Cheney investigated for his Halliburton influence for the no-bid contracts issued by the government? 4) Why wasn’t Bush investigated for his bin Laden connections in the Carlyle Group and Arbusto….and the subsequent payments therein to allow the bin Laden family to leave the US??
Big D
December 1st, 2009
10:28 am
CT, He is going to look squarely at the teleprompter and tell his lies in a speech written by someone else. This joker scares me worse than that idiot “Jimma Cata” and the Arkansas molester.
Atlanta_Tiger_Fan
December 1st, 2009
10:29 am
Obama is on track to become worst president in U.S. history!! Hopefully voters in the future will vote for a candidate based on their experience and not their skin color!!!!
HDB
December 1st, 2009
10:37 am
@TigerFan: Obama wasn’t elected because of his skin color; he was elected because he was the best option for the nation. McCain was not the right person for the job….and I surely wouldn’t allow Sarah Palin to be THAT close to power!!
Big D
December 1st, 2009
10:46 am
HDB, That’s just stupid.
Redneck
December 1st, 2009
10:56 am
HDB, I will refer you to the Zogby poll taken right after the election that found that 67% of the Obama voters were complete idiots when it came to knowledge of our political system and the primary players. He was elected because of his color and the deadbeats thought he was going to take care of them even better than they were being cared for at the time. Remember the Obama voter who say “I won’t have to worry about my house or car payment anymore now that Obama is president.” Can you say idiot?
Rafe Hollister
December 1st, 2009
10:59 am
Zero Credibility= I am going to close Gitmo, I am going to have a transparent presidency, I am going to work with Republicans, I am going to get us out of Iraq, I will employ no lobbyist in my Admin, I will balance the budget in ? years (? depending on who he was talking to), etc. And your other point was?
Goldie
December 1st, 2009
11:03 am
Our President is in a no-win situation, thanks to the fallout from Bush-Cheney — and we’ll see if the American voters decide to take another losing gamble on hiring a Repub back in the White House for 2012!
jyugf
December 1st, 2009
11:10 am
i second that opinion on all HDB posts. halliburton has always had a no bid contract with the government to supply their services all over the world. bush/bin laden connection was investigated by the best and brightest liberal bush haters to no avail.
Chris Broe
December 1st, 2009
11:20 am
Fox just reported that the Geico Gecko has cancelled Tiger Wood’s auto insurance policy. The money he could be saving saw the whole thing.
DAVID-.....AJC's Truth Detector
December 1st, 2009
11:22 am
Cynthia……..U-R-CLUELESS…
Will
December 1st, 2009
11:26 am
Why would anyone think republicans or democrats hold an upper hand on leadership as opposed to partisan political gain……………
Republicans have argued that, among the many reasons that health care reform should be rejected, legitimate polling reveals that the American public does not support health care reform. Democrats say that they do not make policy decisions from polls.
Democrats are uncertain about supporting President Obama’s decision to send more soldiers to Afghanistan and often point to polling results showing less than a majority supporting this surge. Republicans say that foreign policy should not be made based on polling results.
And the band plays on………..
Elder Spokesman
December 1st, 2009
11:30 am
Cynthia, The comment about Cheney stuffed into this piece diminishes your statements about our President. There is no justification for the Chaney comment except to distract your readers from responding to the main thrust of your piece.
Poor Excuse for a President
December 1st, 2009
11:39 am
Don’t expect Nobama to “tell the truth” or even give extensive details about the war in Afghanistan – he can’t because he doesn’t know anything. He is the most ill-prepared occupant of the White House in history. He has failed to convince even his supporters that he is capable of leadership – he has done nothing substantial in 11 months of holding office and appears to have no concrete plans for anything. His lack of private sector experience and advice are biting him in the azz. We’re headed toward disaster that I’m afraid we will never be able to recover from.
Strong Black Woman
December 1st, 2009
11:47 am
“If you believe that Obama will tell the truth tonight then I have a bridge to sell you. He has made several campaign promises and hasn’t kept any.
I am totally amazed that educated people keep believing him, especially journalists.”
A politician is a politician no matter what “party” he’s in. I’m totally amazed that educated people continue to believe in PARTISANSHIP.
I had HOPE that Obama would be different and CHANGE the way things were going, but clearly it was all talk. He’s now made bad on the one promise that garnered him my vote, bringing the troops home. It’s disappointing really but not surprising at all.
Still unwilling to drink the GOP, fear-mongering koolaid though.
ck hall
December 1st, 2009
11:47 am
Who cares if you are listening intently tonight? And who cares what you think of Veep Cheney? The only thing those folks understand is military power..We will be doing the same in Iran very soon!
Strong Black Woman
December 1st, 2009
11:51 am
“Fox just reported that the Geico Gecko has cancelled Tiger Wood’s auto insurance policy. The money he could be saving saw the whole thing.”
GOLD. I love it.
And enough about “polls” people. These “polls” that ask the political opinion of 35-49 yr old whites in suburban America? How many of you bloggers were “polled”?
kayaker 71
December 1st, 2009
11:51 am
Cynthia,
How can you expect Bozo to tell the truth about Afghanistan? He has lied to the American people so much that the majority of thinking Americans don’t trust him to do much of anything. And it has taken him 3 mos to make his “decision”. Meanwhile, American service men/women are dying on the battlefield while he stalls about decision making to appease his liberal base. Cheney doesn’t have to say that Bozo is weak and ill equipped to be our president. Just ask any international leader. He is a sham, an empty suit and a sorry excuse for the leader of the free world. Why are you having so much trouble accepting that?
Strong Black Woman
December 1st, 2009
11:56 am
Here we go with the skin color debacle, you clowns insist on bringing race into the picture all while proclaiming “none of this is about race!” What was that about idiots??
For every person that voted for Obama because of his race, there were 10 more who voted AGAINST him all the same. Nevertheless, whites are to thank that he is in office. You wingnuts will have your chance to put another puppet (a white one, if it’ll make you feel safer) in office in 2012. Until then, shut up.
Rickster
December 1st, 2009
11:56 am
Cynthia, on which “Lie” did Cheney & Bush squander the nation’s prestige and resources? The so-called “uranium” lie? Bush quoted “British Intelligence” saying that Iraq sought to buy uranium. (Which, by the way, turned out to be true.)
The truth is… Bush needed no “excuse” to go after Saddam. There was never a surrender in the first Gulf War. Iran signed a cease-fire, in which it agreed to certain conditions in order to prevent the resumption of hostilities. They had long flaunted/disregarded those conditions.
Bush had every right to resume hostilities against Iraq.
Any statement to the contrary is a lie. And you, Cynthia, have no credibility.
Robert
December 1st, 2009
11:57 am
It is obvious that most of the people here commenting think he is weak and indecisive, just like Cheney said. However, the few that support this president’s decision have nothing to argue for, other than still trying to blame the bush/cheney administration. I would like to hear their argument that he is a good president by stating concrete facts about how he isn’t driving our country into the ground. I know it isn’t all his fault, we do have a democratic majority in the house and senate that has also made very poor decisions.
Big D
December 1st, 2009
12:06 pm
If you IDIOTS in the MAINSTREAM press had done one half the investigating on Obie-one that you have done on Bush,Cheney and Palin( oh and by the way THERE WAS NOTHING THERE)and had the balls to report it, you would have known he had no back ground for being a President. When this dribbler is done we will have a long row to hoe.
Robert
December 1st, 2009
12:11 pm
Hey Strong Black Woman, you said “Still unwilling to drink the GOP, fear-mongering koolaid though.” You kidding me? I guess you don’t think the democrats use fear-mongering? Have you forgotten how they sold us this stimulus bill based on fear? The world was going to come to an end. We were going to end up in a depression and without this bill, unemployment will exceed 8.2. Ummm, we are now at 10.2% unemployment and the added debt is killing the dollar. Facts are interesting things. Another example of fear-mongering…the democrats love to scare us to death about global warming. If you haven’t seen the news lately, the scientists the UN uses have falsified the data. Al Gore, who strong black women LOVE, couldn’t even explain how if polar bears are endangered then why are their numbers increasing. Democrats believe what they want.
Strong White Woman
December 1st, 2009
12:15 pm
Oh, yes, Strong Black Woman! The polls are a CONSPIRACY against black people! Get your guns!
Kick your fanny
December 1st, 2009
12:15 pm
The very reason the United States is swirling down the toilet like a big brown turd is because of clowns like you on this blog. You are SO CONCERNED with race and the CONSERVATIVE and LIBERAL labels that you have no humanity or common sense whatsoever.
The country is full of numbskulls. Period
kayaker 71
December 1st, 2009
12:17 pm
Strong Black Woman,
It must be difficult for the black community to admit that they have been duped into believing, that just because this clown was black, he must have all of the solutions to our problems. I can see the pride that must have been generated following his nomination that someone of color had been chosen to run for the presidency. It was too long in coming…… however, we chose to elect the wrong black man. Much of left leaning America saw an opportunity to right a wrong that had been festering for nearly 200 years but we chose the wrong guy. And we are ever so slowly coming to the realization that if America survives the next three years, it will be an economic miracle.
Whomever the American electorate puts in the White House in 2012, whether or not a “white puppet”, I hope that we are able to put America back on an economic track that will not obligate our heirs to generations of debt and economic mismanagement. He campaigned to restore America’s image abroad. I personally didn’t mind the image that we had.
Scott
December 1st, 2009
12:18 pm
It’s ironic that someone who gives herself the name “Strong Black woman” makes comments about people commenting on Obama’s race. See what I mean about the hypocrisy?
Get Real
December 1st, 2009
12:19 pm
The only thing Obowma has done since he’s been office is destroy our children’s future in America by uncontrolled spending, take vacation after vacation on our tax dollars, suck up and bow to every evil dicator and apologize for America, blow thousands of taxpayers money on his date nights with his grench look-a-like wife. Just when you thought Jimmy Carter was the worst president America will ever have, the same idiots that voted for Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Franks and the likes put this moron in the highest office in America so he can be a puppet and read from a teleprompter.
Turd Feguson
December 1st, 2009
12:30 pm
Strong Black Woman
December 1st, 2009
11:56 am
You sound like a LOT OF FUN!
"refero quattuor"
December 1st, 2009
12:47 pm
Headline: “Obama wants Afghan war over in 3 years, officials say … ”
Of course ……… just in time for the next election whether the mission is accomplished or not ………. it’s all about getting re-elected …….. not what’s good for the country ……….. naw, it’s not political.
Weak Irish Cuckold
December 1st, 2009
12:51 pm
If Dick Cheney is ineligible to be president because he’s already served two terms as commander-in-chief, then maybe he could be the king that our founding fathers wanted George Washington to be. George turned it down, but the offer must still be out there.
King Richard the Lyin’ Hearted.
bwa
"refero quattuor"
December 1st, 2009
12:52 pm
To Ms. Tucker:
By the way, since you mentioned Cheney, did Dems. ever “pop off” before, during or after President Bush’s speeches ?
To the Taliban:
ssssshhhhhhh ………….. just lay low for three years. He’s already given away his secret timetable.
Scott
December 1st, 2009
12:55 pm
Hey Strong Black Woman, guess what…Rasmussen: Number of Democrats in US Falls to Four Year Low. Rasmussen, by the way, has proven to be the most accurate pollster.
Steve
December 1st, 2009
1:10 pm
He is a weak President in the eyes of most foreign leaders. He’s more worried about placating our enemies around the world, than supporting our allies.
Scott
December 1st, 2009
1:17 pm
refero quattuor, you hit the nail on the head with that last comment. What sense does it make to give your enemy a blueprint of your gameplan, i.e. when we are going to withdraw. Another example of this president’s foreign policy cluelessness. But then again, we elected him, with his enviable experience as a community organizer vs. John McCain’s decades of experience dealing with these issues. Go figure.
Turd Feguson
December 1st, 2009
1:20 pm
Also Obobo, like Billy Clinton – like Jimmy Carter, is a multi-lateralist. It may be time for the US, under someone other Pres than Obobo, to examine some forms of multi-lateralism.
At this point why should the US bear the brunt of Afghanistan? Seems India, China, and Russia have a valid interest here yet contribute not much of anything. Same goes for those sorry ass Europeans. NATO is a joke, a farce and should be disbanded. The Europeans want us to defend them yet make as little a contribution as possible.
Mike
December 1st, 2009
1:29 pm
More evidence of Tucker’s unconditional positive regard towards Obama. He’s done nothing to deserve it, yet enjoys a 91% approval rate within a certain segment of our society.
Approval of what? The low bows? The apology tour? Flying wingman for ACORN?
What has he done to deserve your unconditional support?
Weak Irish Cuckold
December 1st, 2009
1:30 pm
I love how the right is stuck on Obama’s ‘08 campaign. “He said change. That does not compute.” (insert sounds of short circuiting and unhinging here – followed by an bobble-headed emoticon of a cross-eyed burned-out schmoe-hawk with smoke coming out his ears)
Jklol
Davey
December 1st, 2009
1:38 pm
He promised change alright and that is exactly what he’s given us. A change for the worse. The reason why he get’s unconditional support from a segment of the population is because it is similar to being in a fraternity…you will always have your brother’s back regardless of what he does.
Turd Feguson
December 1st, 2009
1:51 pm
“you will always have your brother’s back regardless of what he does.”
Jesse, Al and that Useless Lowery could sure attest to that. Atleast Hosea Williams would call em on their antics.
John J
December 1st, 2009
1:53 pm
HBD
The no bid contracts with Haliburton were devised and set up under the Clinton administration. It was determined by Clinton that in case of war it was best to have a company who could be up and running in a very short order. Haliburton was the only company who met all the criterion set up by the Clinton Administration. Sorry, but on this one Bush had nothing to do with it.
DAVID-.....AJC's Truth Detector
December 1st, 2009
1:58 pm
Ms. T……….Are you saying Cheney does not have any right to comment on what Obama is doing……Really–?????
Grumpy
December 1st, 2009
2:35 pm
Dick Cheney needs to shut his piehole.
The generals asked for troops. Obama said “OK, but not until you give me an exit strategy.”
They gave him an exit strategy. He’s giving them the troops.
On this issue, I support my president 100%.
Jerome
December 1st, 2009
2:40 pm
I think this issue shows that our country is FOREVER broken and it only a matter of time before we distroy our republic. We as a country will never get behind our President for anything any longer. It started with Clinton, Got worse with Bush and now is in Hyper drive with Obama. Obama had to send more troops to Afghanistan. If he didn’t, the right would have said he is weak(not like they are not already saying that). The Dems are mad because many of them hate any war but they don’t see what the President sees on a daliy basis. So tonight after the Presidents lays out his plan. Watch as Fox news dump on him for doing things that Bush should have done 5 years ago. And watch MSNBC call Obama a liar for doing what he has to do. God help us all.
"refero quattuor"
December 1st, 2009
2:46 pm
Ms. Tucker:
I wonder what the “Afghanistan Wall” memorial on the mall in Washington, D.C. will look like ? We never learn.
Davey
December 1st, 2009
2:47 pm
Grumpy, do you support televising our exit strategy? When the president campaigned about how his administration is going to be more transparent, I don’t think taking it to this level is in our best interests. Have you noticed how he wants to be transparent when it comes to the civil trial in NYC for the 9/11 terrorists, the transparency in being an open book on our war strategy but not transparent in our domestic policies (such as the stimulus bill, the healthcare reform bill, etc.)? It’s almost as if he wants America to lose.
PoloDaDon
December 1st, 2009
3:14 pm
I see I couldn’t get a comment posted under my other name. Must’ve spoken too much truth.
YOU STUUPID
December 1st, 2009
3:18 pm
All politicians lie… Cynthina, you only believe him because he is black.. black people lie too, white people lie, we all lie..
Its going to get so much worse… see you guys at 50% unemployment very soon!!
Lilly-livered weenie boy
December 1st, 2009
3:26 pm
Obama’s War. I like that. Obama has to answer why he let OBL get away at Tora Bora in December of 2001! I’ll bet he was FOR capturing OBL B4 he was against it, the flip-flopper.
Afghanistan: Flip-Floppin’ Obama’s War.
Jake
December 1st, 2009
4:35 pm
Richard Nixon, despite his obvious personal flaws, was right when he said matters of national security don’t belong on the front page of the NYTimes. He was also right when he ended Vietnam, a war Kennedy started and Johnson escalated. How bout LBJ for worst president of my lifetime? Vietnam, the destruction of the black nuclear family through welfare, the now unfunded and wretched Medicare? I’ll have to ponder on that for awhile but he may have been even worse than Reagan.
Tom Middleton
December 1st, 2009
4:53 pm
CT
Yes, it’s his war now, but it’s been his war since the moment he took the oath of office. Those of us who support this president – and there are many, many of us – know him as an intelligent, honest, and sincere man determined to keep his campaign promises, one way or the other. And what a breath of fresh air he’s been in this regard.
Even the “great” Ronald Reagan wouldn’t do this. Remember when he promised to balance the budget by the end of his first term and do away with draft registration, to name just a couple? Without even an apology, he did neither. (We didn’t get the budget balanced until President Clinton got in!)
But President Obama is different – better than Reagan by far. And after eight very long years of Rove, Bush, and blithering Dick Cheney lying to us every step of the way, we finally have a president who gets what it’s all about – telling us the truth.
But what’s so surprising in all of this, Cynthia, is the liberal elite’s reaction to his new Afghanistan strategy. From Michael Moore to Keith what’s-his-name, they oppose it with a vengeance. They rubber stamped him in the primaries and general, certain that all the promises he was making were the correct ones for the future of our beloved country, but not anymore.
Apparently they feel that since they worked so hard to get him elected (as so many of us did), he should be dancing on their puppet string and doing what they say.
But it’s a very clear testament to this president that he’s going ahead full-on with what he knows he should be doing, no matter what they might think. (And who cares what the conservatives whiners will say. They’re going to find something wrong with anything and everything he says and does – period!)
So let’s be hopeful that we’re finally able to finish an involvement with the Afghan people that failed under Reagan, failed again under Bush, and is floundering now for a lack of enough troops and a best overall strategy to succeed.
One thing is for sure, though: Along with this massive multi-national effort to free the Afghan people, needs to go the very clear message to all of them that this is it.
If they don’t grab the reigns of self-government now while we’re still there to help, they can forget about it for a long, long time. Who else is going to show up and help rescue them from the Taliban, Al Qaeda’s influence, and overwhelming oppression when America and its allies finally leave for good? NO ONE!
Ward
December 1st, 2009
5:16 pm
So now it comes out that Our Fearless Leader is sending in 30,000 troops (less than requested, but then he IS a military expert, after all) with the loudly expressed intention of pulling them all back OUT a year later, whether they win or not! Wow! This way he gets to be both ‘tough on terrorism’ AND a peace-loving anti-interventionist! Everyone’s happy, right? Everyone except the poor b*stards wandering around in the mountains with targets on their backs and no mandate to succeed.
I’d been joking that he was taking so long with his Afghanistan Plan because it was hard to find a creative wording for ’surrender’… seems he found it at last, though it’s even crazier than I thought he could be.
Daniel
December 1st, 2009
6:32 pm
Obama’s so called apology tour in which he respectfully acknowledged other members of our global community and our ally’s contribution to the US its war effort and the world in general as partners has produced 5,000 additional troops from NATO. Bush lost allies over 8 years (expect France, but in total a loss of troops). Talk is cheap and bush did a lot of it, Obama is moving forward a lot more responsibly instead of insulting every country surrounding Afghanistan. Namely Pakistan, Russia, China. We rely on them for airspace and resources.
th
December 1st, 2009
7:41 pm
One in four Americans are on food stamps.
One in four of our mortgages is underwater.
One in five of us is out of work.
But “President Nobel Peace Guy” wants to waste $34 billion more of our money
& send another 34,000 of our children into the jaws of hell
in a country that has never even attacked us (the 9/11 cabal were Saudi Arabians)
to prop up a corrupt & despised regime…
What outrageous madness!
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December 1st, 2009
9:00 pm
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oldtimer
December 1st, 2009
10:37 pm
I think Obama does project weakness and indeciciveness. Not something I want to see in my president. Either do it and win or quit and leave.
vuduchld
December 1st, 2009
10:50 pm
To all the right wing idiots out there. Tonight a REAL POTUS stood tall and clearly defined. outlined and stated goals plus timelines. Now is the time for leader wannabes like Peatrus and McCrystal to shut up and get get the job done. And Cheney, be a man, sign up and get your sorry a$$ on the ground in Afganistan. President Obama did exactly what I expected. He gave the mission and the resources to the whiners and it is now time for theom TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
And to the right wing bozo the clowns who are addicted to open ended commitments: STRAP ‘EM UP HYPOCRITES, TIME FOR YOU TO HIT THE AFGAN GROUND RUNNING!!
vuduchld
December 1st, 2009
10:57 pm
Kayaker 71
Since when was it fashionable to have idiots like you blabber about acute nothingness. You are a perfect example way our country is in the state it’s in. I bet you rob graves for a living because you surely have not one ounce of common sense.
mike
December 2nd, 2009
1:48 am
vuduchld –
Thanks for showing us what being a “tolerant” and “intellectual” liberal is all about: name calling, ad-hominem attacks, vulgarity, shouting in caps, childish misspellings and pathetic grammar.
Please keep up your rants. Then we can all learn how to be “tolerant” and “intellectual” like all liberals are. LOL
BTW: Why don’t you ask Obama why he never was “a man, sign up and get his sorry a$$ on the ground”? He sure is a fan of sending others to war when he never served. Why no criticism for him? Your hypocrisy is as laughable as your ignorant and hateful rant.
mike
December 2nd, 2009
1:52 am
th –
“a country that has never even attacked us (the 9/11 cabal were Saudi Arabians)”
Put down the Koolade and pick up a book. Your ignorance is embarrasing to us all.
You do know where bin -Laden was on 9/11 right? You do know who refused to turn him over to us because he was a long time ally, right? Actually what am I saying. After reading your ignorant rant, it is clear that you know nothing of which you speak.
You are wise to stick to half-truths and talking points. Trying to be informed would just confuse you.
mike
December 2nd, 2009
1:57 am
HDB –
“Wow…such hatred for a man who’s trying to right the American course! ”
Right, and then you go into a long rant showing your hatred for Bush, even accusing him of involvement in 9/11.
Your hypocrisy is pathetic, but typical of the mindless liberals on this blog.
Don
December 2nd, 2009
7:14 am
Only way you can sell obama is to slander and libel others. Great way to unite America== even main stream press is getting tired of reporting cheerleading of Daley machine’s DC regional office.