Comments on: What is BHO going to do in Afghanistan?

By: RWE

RWE — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:30:21 +0000

Given his background, I don’t suppose that ObamOpra has ever heard the stories of Brier Fox and Brier Rabbit, specifically the Tarbaby and the Brier Patch? No, no way. Even if he had access to those stories they would have been considered to be racist.

As near as I can tell, we are about to shake hands with the Tarbaby in the middle of someone else’s Brier Patch.

By: Fen

Fen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:51:11 +0000

Although its telling that you must appeal to authority to make your point. Is it possible for you to reach a decision based on your own judgement, or do you always need to check around to see what the “cool kids” are saying instead? Hey, you’re not on JournaList too?

By: Fen

Fen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:47:33 +0000

how easy is if for ya’ll to dismiss her affirmation that O’s crew are “quality people” and patriots who might just have a clue

Yes, its easy. One need simply review the track record of these “quality people” over the last 60 days.

By: buddy larsen

buddy larsen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:54:29 +0000

Don’t be fooled by the venue. The Mullahs once let Carter’s sec of state Warren Christopher sit on the tarmac for six hours under a blazing sun before they let him deplane to do a little begging for the hostages. What they’re doing now is trading Lebanon for Mexico, and if that goes well, then Israel for New Mexico, Arizona, and So Cal up to Russian Hill in Frisco. Frisco goes to Russia, ‘for the house’, along with Alaska if they promise to take Palin too.

By: Matt Beck (Man of the West)

Matt Beck (Man of the West) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:45:00 +0000

Benj,

Condoleezza Rice (along with much of George Bush’s administration and works) is hardly the standard upon which thoughtful conservatives rest their case.

By: Benj

Benj — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:10:45 +0000

Anybody notice Condi’s respectful line on the new admin – and her implicit rebuke of Dick C.? Just asking… – how easy is if for ya’ll to dismiss her affirmation that O’s crew are “quality people” and patriots who might just have a clue…And what about Gates on Obama’s head vs. Bush’s? Was he just sucking up? So you got Condi and Gates saying O and co. aren’t fools. But so many of you are SURE they’re either idiots or traitors. Hmmm…Time for second thoughts?

By: Lifeofthemind

Lifeofthemind — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:09:31 +0000

Why would the Israelis of any stripe from Kadima and Labor to the right let themselves be sold to Iran to buy BHO time to play in the sand? I expect Bibi and Barak to kick Barack’s fantasy over, hopefully before 75,000 Americans get trapped.

By: Fen

Fen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:04:37 +0000

Our security is being sold…cheap

No. Its being given away “for the promise of future negotiations” [Manchester, Last Lion Vol2].

Edvard Benes was unavailable for comment.

Spot on. Nicely done!

Iran suspects great weakness in the America.

Iran recognizes the same pattern seen in the American Left re Israel: naive faith in the righteouness of proportional responses. Our military is about to be tied down in Afganistan with an unrealistic ROE. Leaving Iran free to work its mischief.

By: John Lynch

John Lynch — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:02:07 +0000

Rank speculation: we promised not to attack their nuclear facilities.

They can agree to anything for the time it takes to get the nukes, then tell us to go f*ck ourselves.

That’s what I would do if I was them.

By: Mike Sylwester

Mike Sylwester — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:55:38 +0000

The USA, Russia and Iran can agree that Afghanistan should continue to exist as a unified state with its current borders and should not provide a safe haven to Al Qaeda.

The USA will be happy if Russia and Iran develop diplomatic relations and economic trade with Afghanistan. Such ordinary support from those two countries can help the Afghanistan government to survive and thrive and to maintain its independence from Pakistan.

The alternative to the Afghanistan government is a radical, anti-Shiite regime headed by Al Qaeda and the Pashtun Taliban radicals. That alternative is decidedly opposed by Russia and Iran.

When the Afghanistan government is able to stand by itself — with support from Russia and Iran — then the USA will withdraw its military forces.

If the USA can destroy Al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region during the next couple years and then withdraw its military forces, then that resolution will suffice for many governments.

Al Qaeda is vulnerable. What happened to Al Qaeda in Iraq can happen again in Pakistan.