Comments on: Obama: Surge Doesn't Meet Long-Term Goals

In An Exclusive Interview With Katie Couric, Illinois Senator Defends Position On Troop Buildup

[mcvet]

It might have been the wrong thing to do, but how can you make a decision like that without knowing all the facts?

Posted by AJMarine111 at 07:05 PM : Jul 22, 2008

You know IF you had went to the NCO school I did, you''d already know the Answer to that... a MARINE not knowing the answer to that is UNBELIEVABLE!! You NEVER EVER leave the Enemy alive on the battle field and start ANOTHER front! It''s classic Military and goes back who knows how long. Leaving that Enemy ALIVE, an ENEMY who Arrogantly had planes flown into Buildings INTENDING to kill thousands of your citizens is INSANE. Bush was ARROGANT, INCOMPETENT and CORRUPT. There''s no other way to look at it.

[mcvet]

It''s about time SOMEONE spoke the TRUTH! Iraq is no longer about ANYTHING to do with the American People... no it''s to save a Party and a President''s face. The PEOPLE of Iraq want us out and OUR people want us out. WE have an ENEMY, we know this because HE admitted to ordering the Attack on our nation. 7 years into the drive to bring that man to JUSTICE has been tied up in NEOCON Beliefs that somehow we can turn Iraq into a Military Base for this Country or take control of their oil is a pipe dream. All the while the MAN who ordered those attacks?? He''s back, strong as ever and ready to take us on in Afganistan. WE had better put fascism to rest and get back to being American''s!! Obama 08

[smirk5]

Here''s the person Cons call an elitist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3ROv_MsNs

[tonic1661]

You can say the surge worked , but can you say with such empirical surety that Obama''s approach would not have worked. We can only speculate because only one scenario has been actualized . I would prefer Obama''s approach.

We need Mc Cain like we need another George W. Bush.

[magnetrack]

It''s the tale of two fools, Katie and Barack. I never thought the media could be worse than they were with the 9/11 Bush team, but it is. We need help.

[tkjer]

I can''t believe Katie is such an idiot. The broadcast of this interview with cutting in with McCain was childish and dumb. Her "analysis" of decrease in violence was so misleading. It''s thanks to ignorant reporters who couldn''t understand facts that we were dragged into Iraq in the first place. Katie should watch PBS Newshour and Lehrer''s interview with Adm. Mullen to learn the facts of the surge and it''s affects on the violence.

[anarchristia]

Refusing to speculate about the possibility of an Israeli strike against Iran, Obama said Israel has a %u201Cright to defend herself.%u201D Yes, and so does Iran. "Israel lives in a "tough neighborhood." Of course she does, thanks to the Mr. Roger''s Neighborhood she''s created for over a million Palestinian Arabs. When it comes to that "special relationship" with Israel, Americans live under a one-party dictatorship. (Ask Jimmy Carter or Howard Dean.)

[ajmarine111]

The man doesn''''t even KNOW that won the war over 5 years ago!

Posted by RowdyWicca at 06:49 PM : Jul 22, 2008


The man wasn''t even privy to all intel before the war and he made the decision that it was the wrong thing to do.

It might have been the wrong thing to do, but how can you make a decision like that without knowing all the facts?

[newview08]

He''s right, it doesn''t. When the surge ends, so will peace in that country.

[dmgenet]

Surge: another way of saying troop increase on the ground. Bush and his gang of idiots have found more ways to attempt to market their way into the hearts of the electorate only to fail miserably.

The only winners in this war are Cheney and Bushe''s business buddies. The military is a loser as well as the electorate and people of this great country. Bush and Cheney NEVER put this county ahead of their personal issues. NEVER.

[rowdywicca]

Obama: Well, keep in mind that, and I can''t speak for Prime Minister Maliki now, but under my proposal, you''d still have U.S. forces with a capable counterterrorism operation in the region. You would still be training Iraqi security forces. We''d still be providing logistical support. We would still provide protection for our diplomatic corps and other civilians as well as our forces on the ground"

In other words, you lied. This is exactly what we''re doing NOW! Training security forces, protecting our embassy, and providing logistical support.

And NOW that the UN mandate is running, just like Bush knew it would, he''s negotiating a timeline and a presence in Iraq to help keep it stable.

WHY IN THE HELL ARE YOU PROMOTING THIS AS SOME KIND OF NEW IDEA YOU COOKED UP??

And why did you lie to the stupid and vulnerable and say you would end the WAR, when the WAR was won in 2003, and we''ve been a supporting occupier since 2003?

The man doesn''t even KNOW that won the war over 5 years ago!