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. ".

Lets Get Real: 

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.