Afghanistan

Mother Jones: Reports on the importance that Obama Administration should give to telling the truth when it comes Afghanistan, other wise you have another Vietnam War complex. So is Obama the new LBJ. The advantage that President Obama has is that he is good on TV, thus if he gets around to sending more troops to Afghanistan he should stand a good chance of selling it to the US voter. In Vietnam President Johnson was bad on the old TV, ( yes folks there was TV even then! even colour ) Johnson made a mistake in the 1964 Presidential Election, he wanted to keep Vietnam on the back burner, with the exception of an attack on the North Vietnam due to an attack on a US ship the President kept Vietnam off the main debate. That the War was going well was destroyed by the Tet offensive of 1968, although the Viet Cong lost the battles they won the war due to TV press perception that the War was a loser. Thus 1968 LBJ was forced out of office by Vietnam, that is the fear of the Obama people, the problem for them is that Obama made Afghanistan the Just War, the war that had to be fought, unlike Iraq. It seems history will have the last laugh on Obama, Iraq has problems but on the whole the USA has won in Iraq. It seems that Obama is heading down a road that leads to defeat for the USA, it seems that Obama well could be the next LBJ.

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A great new site from the National Security Archive, UNREDACTED has the new secrets released by the US Government. There is a great link to the Kennedy Presidential Library, the Library has just released new Kennedy Tapes on the August green light by the Kennedy Administration for the coup against President Diem. As Kennedy dealt with Diem we know see Obama deal with a very corrupt Afghanistan government under President Karzai. If you remove the names the problems are the same, corrupt central government, borders that you cant control, an enemy that hides in plain view, the feeling if you lose it will have a negative effect on the neighbours. This blog has been harsh on Obama because Obama is to smart to allow his own arrogance get in the way of military judgement, but as we have learnt today Obama thinks he passed out West Point at the top of his class. Thus if the leaks are true, Obama thinks there is clear way out of Afghanistan without allowing Pakistan to fall to the Taliban of Pakistan, yes folks he has a lot of YES men around him, in many respects Afghanistan is worse that South Vietnam, Pakistan is a nuclear power, if you lose Pakistan, India will attack the next hour, thus you have a nuclear war in the region, thus folks, lets hope President Obama gets the fact that his own arrogance could destroy his Presidency, Obama should listen to the Generals.

H - Day - Health Care Reform Bill

CNN News: Reports on the developing move to start the health care debate in the US Senate next week. As stated folks this could be your only chance to defeat a bill that is bad on the economics, it will cost a trillion, on the morale side, if your old the government wants you die, if you’re a woman the government wont pay for your abortion. Thus this is your chance to fight folks, if you believe in the United States this is the time to fight city hall, just city hall is Congress.

Afghan HERO Returns - MIA over a YEAR

The Times: Reports that Sabi the Dog an Australian IED detector has returned from being MIA for 14 months in Afghanistan. I have to be honest VIEWS is sucker for this kind of story, but the serious point is that VIEWS trusts the judgement of Sabi over President Obama. This is based on two facts, Dogs are Mans best friend, and Sabi is Australian, at least you can trust our Australian cousins to come to the aid of the motherland; as long as their PM‘s know how to behave around the Queen, they might not jump in the air about it but you can trust them, more than I can say about President Obama. I wonder if Sabi can run in 2012. Again salute for Sabi and their brave human handlers and fellow soldiers.

More DITHERING by Obama - Afghanistan

The New York Times: Reports on the endless meetings on Afghanistan, now it seems that the important decision on Afghanistan will have to wait while President Obama is in Asia, the NYT writes the following, " The decision on Afghanistan won’t come, aides said, until well after the president returns to American soil. " Thus while President Obama gets good PR the troops in the hell hole that is Afghanistan are in limbo, will the advice of their Commander, General McChrystal be the advice that Obama's takes or will he follow the advice of his idiotic Vice - President, VP Biden. If your a soldier in Afghanistan and you are seeing your brothers being blown up by IEDs or shoot at by the Taliban what are you going to think of a President who dithers, will he give you air cover when you need it, or will he take a poll. As stated yesterday Obama is no Kennedy or Reagan, a President sometimes has to take the tough decisions, Obama wants an out of Afghanistan, there is no clean out, that's the point, its an illusion to think that the history of Afghanistan will somehow change just for Obama. Thus if Obama does not send the troops as requested by General McChrystal then the UK should get out of Afghanistan, from the 19th to the 21th Century the UK has spilled to much blood in Afghanistan, if Obama thinks he knows best then leave it, Obama will find history does not move just to suit him, its will be hard lesson for this President to learn, the problem is that the West will have to go through this process with Obama.

Advice from the Ground - Afghanistan

The New York Times Global: Reports that President is getting conflicting advice from the ground in Afghanistan, it seems that the Ambassador to Afghanistan does not want more troops in country, the NYT writes the following on the Ambassador's advice to President Obama, " has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country, three senior American officials said Wednesday. " Thus we see the background for President Obama's rejection of the advice of General McChrystal, the Ambassador, General Eikenberry is telling Obama what he wants to hear, that there are enough troops in Afghanistan, it is the perfect get out of jail card for a President who has no clue about Foreign Policy, lets recall General Powell during the First Gulf War wanted to give sanctions a chance, those would take years, that was not a political option for Bush 41. The advantage for Bush 41 was that he was a War hero himself, thus didn't need to take the advice of General Powell, readers should be aware that Bush 41 is one of the few people still alive who has been shot down by Japanese Zero plane during World War Two. Thus we come to President Obama, don't think he has ever went West Point, don't think he would make the cut to be honest, dithering in the Army is not a great quality when you have soldiers in foxholes in need of back up. Thus Obama as previous post, is finding reasons for doing nothing, poor NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. If Obama wont back up his troops then the UK should remove our troops, our brave soldiers should not die or suffer great injury due to the fact that the USA has the 1st APPEASER as President.

Hamlet of the Oval Part Two

Fox News: Reports that President Obama has rejected the military advice of the US military when it comes to Afghanistan, it seems that the President wants an exit out of Afghanistan in the future. This is the arrogance of Obama, he has spent to much time in the classroom and not enough time in the real world, he believes his own press statements. The US Commander on the Ground General McChrystal has requested forty thousand troops, Obama is under the odd illusion that there is clean exit out of Afghanistan, one has to wonder what he is smoking these days!! The point of Afghanistan is that Obama does not have a choice, he has one big problem, that is Pakistan, if you lose Afghanistan you lose Pakistan to the Taliban of Pakistan. It would not matter if it was just about Pakistan, but Pakistan is a nuclear armed power, do you want the Taliban in control of nuclear weapons Mr President. It seems that the Nobel Peace Prize has gotten to Obama, he really thinks he is God's gift to diplomacy, Tehran will be laughing their backsides off at the immature nature of Obama. Lets see if your the religious elite in Tehran and you seen Obama rejected the military advice of experts on winning wars, what would you think, simple one word appeaser, Obama can be rolled because does not want to do the dirty work of real statesmen, he does not have the guts to take on his extreme left wing, he would rather fight a war with Fox News than fight the Taliban. The problem with President Obama is that he has spent to much time in Uni seminar rooms, not the real world, the Taliban in Afghanistan will know that Obama can be waited out and that he will not defend his troops in the foxholes of Afghanistan, he gives moving speeches but wont back up his own military in the hell hole that is Afghanistan. It seems that we have a first class appeaser in the White House, roll on the Mid Term Elections in 2010 folks, then if the Republicans take over and Israel hits Iran, then Obama might wake up from his own arrogance, it might be to late, the terrorists will be on the march in Afghanistan and Iran, it will take a strong Republican candidate to win 2012 and roll back the disaster that is the Obama policy.