Category Archives: Troops

Dems squelch troops’ voting

Posted on July 25, 2008 | Comments Off on Dems squelch troops’ voting

There seemed to be surprise mixed in with the anger that Baby Barry ignored the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan–other than the ones specifically vetted for him, black ones for the most part–and skipped the wounded in Germany altogether, during his world tour to create ad spots for his fall campaign. But there shouldn’t be any surprise. His own party is doing the best it can to hold down the voting of soldiers overseas. They apparently understand that not many of them would vote Democrat.

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Baby Barry and the surge

Posted on July 23, 2008 | Comments Off on Baby Barry and the surge

There’s a lot of teeth gnashing in the conservative blogosphere over BB’s tap dancing around the question of whether he should have backed the surge, given its success in Iraq. I watched the cBS video here and, though I don’t care much for his politics, I have to say his answer is no more than what any politician, who didn’t wish to step down from his earlier judgement, would do. He didn’t put down the troops, as some are suggesting. He acknowleged their success, he just questioned the surge strategy itself.

On the contrary, the shift in military strategy, from large unit fighting to establishing lasting community security was almost more important than the additional manpower. As Mac says it’s definitely the way to win in Afghanistan, as well. It’s just harder there because the people have fewer resources to fall back on, and the terrain is more difficult, with communities more isolated. And with advisers like Gen. McPeak, Barry might just go back to trying to win cheaply, with bombing.

UPDATE:  This, however (scroll to the bottom of the post) is a lie, plain and simple. Why it’s called a gaffe is beyond me. Politicians tell gaffes. Ordinary people tell lies. But to me, Baby Barry told a lie, to make himself look good. Instead, he looks very, very bad. See if you don’t agree.

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Three versions? Do I hear four?

Posted on July 21, 2008 | Comments Off on Three versions? Do I hear four?

The MSM, falling all over itself, as usual, to play pattycake with Baby Barry, is quoting one version of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s alleged translation of his alleged praise for BB’s withdraw-from-Iraq-in-sixteen-months pitch.

But, wouldn’t you know it, there are at least two other alleged translated versions, each with a different emphasis and different caveats. The original one has no caveats. I thought the CIA was the gang that couldn’t shoot straight? I know it’s heresy to say so (possibly even, gasp, racist) but I still don’t believe BB is going to win the presidency. So save your breath Maliki, assuming you, uh, actually said anything at all.

But I got to admit I like it that the Europeans and other foreigners are falling all over themselves to swoon at BB’s feet–and I’ll bet that, secretly, Mac does, too. Because if there’s one thing that will absolutely undercut an American politician who wants to be president, man, that is it.

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We won

Posted on July 18, 2008 | Comments Off on We won

While America and the Old Media slept. Not that Baby Barry is likely to agree. But why should that matter?

Via Instapundit

UPDATE:  Now Mac is saying it, too. 

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Mac: the surge is the key to Afghanistan

Posted on July 17, 2008 | Comments Off on Mac: the surge is the key to Afghanistan

It’s the way to win the Afghanistan campaign, McCain says, logically enough…

"…if I’m elected President, I will turn around the war in Afghanistan, just as we have turned around the war in Iraq, with a comprehensive strategy for victory."

…versus Baby Barry’s unserious preference to abandon Iraq in favor of hunting down (the quite probably already dead) Osama bin Forgotten.

Via Belmont Club.

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Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, R.I.P.

Posted on July 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, R.I.P.

A real baby killer goes free, while two soldiers of the right come home dead, two years after they were captured patrolling the Israel-Lebanon border. But revenge will come, too, and it will be sweet.

Via Simply Jews.

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Bush in control

Posted on July 15, 2008 | Comments Off on Bush in control

I don’t watch television much. Television, as someone said the other day, is for losers. So I didn’t watch the president’s news conference. So I didn’t get the sound of all the word fumbling that he normally commits–although he’s nowhere near as vacuous as Baby Barry. But in the transcript, which the White House makes available in these glorious Internet days when one is no longer hostage to whatever the newspapers are willing to print of it, or whatever the teevee and radio folks are willing to air of it, Bush reads pretty good–inspiring, even, unless you hate him as some do.

For one thing, he delivers the most succinct summary of the how of the war on terrorism that I’ve read in a long time, and there’s another good one on just how the oil companies are trying to take advantage of $140 a barrel oil by seeking more supply. Then there’s his take, repeated several times to similar questions, about how the American people are smart enough to adjust their own driving and thermostats without the nanny state’s help. Lord, yes. How could they not be? All in all, he sounds pretty confident to me, not at all the shell-shocked lightweight the Seablogger encountered on the tube. Maybe there’s a lesson here. Read the transcript, people. You’ve finally got it available whenever you want it. So read it.

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