http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/28/president-obama-stages-his-own-retreat-from-afghanistan/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:35:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/28/president-obama-stages-his-own-retreat-from-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-78449 Zhombre Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:21:20 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8725#comment-78449 Out of his depth. The man never had a serious executive position and knows as much about the military as I know about Sanskrit. I wonder how often McCrystal has talked to the "Af-Pak czar" Richard Holbrook. And how often Holbrook has talked to the President. I suspect, as David Thomson has said numerous times at Belmont Club, Obama is simply shallow and intellectually incurious and lazy (of course, that brands me as racist, calling Our First Black President lazy). What was repeatedly said of Reagan, might actually be true about Obama. Out of his depth. The man never had a serious executive position and knows as much about the military as I know about Sanskrit. I wonder how often McCrystal has talked to the “Af-Pak czar” Richard Holbrook. And how often Holbrook has talked to the President. I suspect, as David Thomson has said numerous times at Belmont Club, Obama is simply shallow and intellectually incurious and lazy (of course, that brands me as racist, calling Our First Black President lazy). What was repeatedly said of Reagan, might actually be true about Obama.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/28/president-obama-stages-his-own-retreat-from-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-78447 George Bruce Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8725#comment-78447 Or maybe he will pull the sheets over his head and pretend it isn't happening. Or maybe he will pull the sheets over his head and pretend it isn’t happening.

]]> http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/09/28/president-obama-stages-his-own-retreat-from-afghanistan/comment-page-1/#comment-78439 Ymarsakar Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:25:29 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8725#comment-78439 Obama is waiting until enough casualties are produced in Afghanistan, to make up for the vote drops due to losing ACORN. When enough deaths have been produced, then Obama will start thinking about making decisions. Obama is waiting until enough casualties are produced in Afghanistan, to make up for the vote drops due to losing ACORN. When enough deaths have been produced, then Obama will start thinking about making decisions.

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