The US tried to OUST President Karzai of Afghanistan - Robert Gates

Guardian: Reports the following on the Gates memoir, " US 'tried to oust Hamid Karzai by manipulating Afghan elections'..Former defence secretary Robert Gates is quoted as saying in his memoirs that US tried to eject Afghan president in 2009 ".

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Is it open season for US secrets, this is the last thing the US wants out, they are trying to pressure Karzai to do a deal for US to remain in Afghanistan after 2014, and this comes out, this will strain even further the relationship between Karzai and the Oval.   This is quite a damaging revelation, did the Oval know this was going on, its an interesting question.    The US and the UK should get out of Afghanistan, its a hell hole, and always will be for Western forces.  If the Oval to really wants help he should send troops back in to Iraq.   The threat from Al - Qaeda is growing, the US can not have Syria and Iraq under terrorist control, this really would be a threat to Western security and its economic recovery.  One has to ask what is the former Secretary of Defence thinking, he is shifting the blame for the future, if the whole Middle East blows up under the Obama foreign policy. 

Jobs Figures a Disaster in US - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports that just 74,000 jobs were created in December in the US, the article notes the following, " The labour force participation rate - a closely watched measure - fell noticeably. The share of Americans who are either working or looking is now 62.8%, close to 35-year lows. ".

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Read the article on the BBC website, you will then see how the left spin stories that help President Obama, the above quote is the only negative part of the article, when your employment participation force is back at 1970s level you have a major problem, its simple US population growth is not the same as it was in the 70s, thus hundred  of thousands if not millions of people have just give up in the Obama economy, and then the US faces the next boot to drop in ObamaCare, the employer mandate, it has been reported that between 50 - 100 million of Americans could lose their health cover and workers could find their hours cut as to keep the business out of ObamaCare.     Thus on the economic front President Obama could be the NEW Jimmy Carter but worse. 

Unemployment Benefits - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports that the plan to extend unemployment benefits has been stalled in the US Senate, the article notes the following, " A compromise Senate plan to pay for the cost of extending unemployment benefits ran into resistance Thursday from a group of Republicans whom the agreement was supposed to attract. ".

Lets Get Real:

The Republicans Senators should pass the three month extension but tell the House it should be DOA on arrival at the House, the House should demand for the extension there has to be cuts in other areas of the Federal Government.    There is no chance that the Democrats will take the House, but the could keep the Senate if they can make the PR point that the Republicans in the Senate have done nothing.   The Republicans have to play it SMART, the Republicans have to keep their focus on ObamaCare, do not let the Democrats change the game, its all a game, the result is about winning.  The Republicans need to get hold of the Senate to block the Obama Agenda and make the Oval deal. 

CNN and Clinton - 2nd Term Blues

CNN: Reports the following on the Gates Memoir, " Gates was also critical of Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, recounting a conversation between Obama and Clinton suggesting political motives for their positions on Iraq. ".

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At least the semi liberal CNN is not afraid to mention that Robert Gates was critical of Hillary Clinton when it comes to her political position over Iraq, lets see how long this lasts, the left after supporting Obama are seeking a new champion, in their eyes this is Hillary Clinton, the one problem is that she is a bad candidate, she was suppose to win in 2008 and lost to President Obama.  Also lets get real, she will be 69 in 2016, Hillary is no Ronald Reagan,  one can expect younger candidates to smell the air for a chance to run, one can expect VP Biden to check if he should run, also some of the younger Democratic Governors and Senators.     The left wants political purity, the honesty of the Gates Memoir could very well hurt Clinton in 2016, thus a lot of work for Bill Clinton do over the next few years. 

Covering for Clinton - Guardian

Guardian: Reports the following on the Gates memoir, " White House downplays Robert Gates memoir's allegations of infighting..Obama has not changed view of former defence secretary, White House says, after book detailing tensions with military leaders ".

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The left wing Guardian does not even mention Hillary Clinton, thus we now know that the left wing liberal media has their new political darling in Hillary Clinton, they will not mention anything negative, they will downplay the Gates book.   One can only come to the conclusion that the left lives in a different world, they see what they want to see, and will hide stories if it not match their future aims.   The left wants Hillary Clinton to be the first woman in the Oval, thus expect more of this kind of reporting, anything bad Hillary Clinton will not be reported.   They will revise history, so North Korea and Stalin.

Protecting Hillary Clinton - BBC

BBC News: Reports on the bombshell book by former Obama Defence Secretary Robert Gates, the article states the following on Hillary Clinton, " He is also effusive in his praise of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.".

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Thus the left wing media is out to protect Hillary Clinton, what the article does not mention is that in front of Robert Gates both Hillary Clinton who was Secretary of State and President Obama stated that the opposition to the Iraq war was not based on policy but politics, that Clinton wanted to counter Obama in the Iowa election of 2008.   Even the White House when given the choice of defending Clinton or VP Biden who is accused of being wrong on foreign policy for over forty years chose to defend Biden, no one has come out out to contest the remarks between Clinton and Obama.   Thus the Chicago machine has been exposed to the World. 

The US Welfare States - Jobless Benefits - 2nd Term Blues

CNN - Politics: Reports the following from the Capital, " ..Democratic and Republican lawmakers will charge right into the first partisan showdown of the year: extending jobless benefits for 1.3 million long-term unemployed. ".

Lets Get Real:

This blog has been thinking about this latest policy conflict on Capital Hill, on the political and policy merits the Republicans should ONLY grant a three month extension of this jobless benefits scheme, the Democrats do not care about the jobless, this is ALL political, ObamaCare has been a disaster, and its on going a disaster, thus the Democrats return to class warfare as a campaign strategy.   The Republicans should take the issue off the table, its rough during the Winter months, you can see the Democrats  and the elite liberal press bring out SAD stories, people thrown OUT on the street in the snow, yes get the sad music out, life is not fair that is from JFK.    The Republicans should grant the extension on the understanding that its ONLY three months, no more, no clause for further extensions.   The Republicans should keep to one issue, that is ObamaCare, bring out stories of the nearly seven million people who have lost healthcare, how people have found that ObamaCare is to expensive if your in the Middle Class.   The Republicans should not allow the Democrats to define the 24/7 news cycle. Time for Republicans to be SMART.