Reality 1, Obamaniacs 0
It isn't so surprising, really. Reading just a few Presidential-level daily security threat assessments is probably enough to change anyone's worldview somewhat.
More likely is that up until Candidate Obama became President-Elect Obama he was not so much in "The War is Wrong" business as he was in the "Bush is wrong/McCain is wrong" business just like every politician is in "The Other Guy Is Wrong" business.
Bush will be gone in six weeks and within a couple of years will begin to be treated much better by history than he has been by the infantile mainstream press.
And now President-Elect Obama has had thrust upon him the highest office in the land and is beginning to realize that he will be subject to all of the same constraints begat by reality that his predecessors in office were.
The swooning nutroots just knew that a President Obama would have them out of Iraq in a matter of months if not weeks.
The constraints of reality have intervened.
The Obama position on Iraq looks much more similar to the Bush position than it does to anything coming out of The DailyKos or the Puffington Host.
Gitmo? President Obama is theoretically a high-powered lawyer who is surrounded by other high-powered lawyers. And they have been advocating the closure of Gitmo for years now. Which means that they have had years to figure out what to do with everyone being held at Gitmo and would have no excuses for Gitmo still being open and holding prisoners 30 days after the new administration takes office.
I think reality will intervene here also. Gitmo is full of bad actors who are essentially men without countries. If they don't stay at Gitmo they have to go somewhere.
So I have to ask: How long does Gitmo continue to operate before those that think of President Obama as a *cough* Lightworker begin to feel betrayed or deceived?
(The original title of this post said Reality 1, Obama 0...but I don't actually know that Barack Obama didn't understand reality before the election but was playing to the tools and fools on the extreme left that wanted us out of Iraq, now, regardless of the slaughter that would surely follow.)
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Sad to see such a negative, name-calling blog being pushed by our newspaper. I hope no one mistakes the venom you are writing as reflective of most Midlanders' thoughts. "Swooning nutroots," "Obamaniacs," and "infantile mainstream media" are name-calling and certainly reflect poorly on YOU.
Attacking the style is easy enough.
But can you attack the argument?
Thank you for your comment, Live and Let Live Midlander. I agree. To those who are reading, please don't take this blog as representative of all Midlanders. It is not.
Who ARE these people?!?!?!?!?!?
We never said we were representative all Midlanders. You are thinking of the Chamber.
If you are referring to the logistics of troop withdrawal, then you are correct: Removing this number of troops with related equipment will take years, not months or weeks.
However, don't forget that this current agreement with Iraq is tantamount to them kicking us out, meaning that we've overstayed our welcome in the country: Placing definitive timelines for troop reductions, restrictions on what sort of operation U.S. military troops can conduct, and demanding to be able to try U.S. soldiers for alleged crimes all indicate an indengious population who no longer want us there ... Further, such an agreement taints any so-called victory on the ground because the Iraqis will be rushing us out the door.
The above is another "reality" we, as a nation, had better come to grips with.
Knight, your statements of troop withdrawal are sound...but at the same time..bogus. How long did it take the U.S. forces to get out of Viet Nam when we(they,them) decided to leave?
Damn near overnight .
The way we left Saigon even embarrassed the French.
Knight, your statements of troop withdrawal are sound...but at the same time..bogus. How long did it take the U.S. forces to get out of Viet Nam when we(they,them) decided to leave?
Damn near overnight .
The way we left Saigon even embarrassed the French.
Dear Old Otto:
The last few months were indeed awkward, but we had already removed major sets of equipment and troops out before that fall -- Remember, the U.S. had handed over day-to-day operations to the South Vietnamese government long before the North did its final push ... The logistics of equipment and major troops were handled over two years; the last scramble was embassy staff and military advisors.
Quite right Knight ... BUT.. I was at that time here back at home BUT married to a woman who's father was temporary commander of Fort Hood and ,before that,was responsible for tactical repositioning of most of the military equipment in Nam .
Here's a clue .
We left 90+ % there .
Space was made for other things. Acquisitions ..Not illegal shit ,but just stuff.
Think politics .
There was not any two year deadline in 'Nam , as the military wanted desperately a "WIN"!
Sorta like the ATF in Ruby Ridge and Waco .
I would NEVER disrespect anyone who has served their country but I would remind you that politics are important in ANY government service as the government teat is the means to the money to make things happen .
No disrespect intended Knight , you write well .
I have to wonder if the leftist illuminati didn't understand what was/was going to happen when they made campaign promises, or if it is intentional deceit.