Just a few months ago, Rachel Maddow and Richard Engel walked the dusty, garbage-st
Or to be more precise, on the money that was put on the US taxpayers' tab (borrowed from China and Saudi Arabia and Japan) that you, me, our children and grandchild
Learn how we are not "nation-bu
You won't know whether to laugh or to scream over this.
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One year ago, 6/29/2010, I wrote this:
GENERAL PETRAEUS: It is important that July 2011 be seen for what it is - The date when a process begins, based on conditions. Not the date when the US heads for the exits.
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The real story in Michael Hastings' RollingStone article was that American troops were being called upon to do a counter-in tuitive task: Not respond to their training as killing machines, not react as soldiers in a war zone. They're being required to restrain their training and instincts as warriors, and be instead police officers-s lash-commu nity organizers . That's not what the US military is trained for.
When the story became about an insubordinate general, Hastings' more important message got lost. With McChrystal gone, the troops in Afghanista n are rejoicing and that can only be because they believe Petraeus will unleash them to do what they've been trained to be: Killing machines with little or no regard for civilians.
But COIN and "restraint" was Petraeus's invention, so unless Petraeus changes the policy that Obama has instituted , it's just more of the same frustratio n (and casualties ) for the troops.
If Petraeus does change the policy, it means a bloodbath for civilians and every civilian killed means 10 recruits for Al Qaeda.
That means 'Long War', unending, because they know We the People have the power in a democracy to choose our leaders, choose the policies which are affecting their lives. They target us because it is us who is putting these corporate tools into power.
JOE BIDEN: In July 2011, you're going to see a whole lot of people moving out. Bet on it."
GENERAL PETRAEUS: It is important that July 2011 be seen for what it is - The date when a process begins, based on conditions
BARACK OBAMA: We did not say that, "Starting July 2011 suddenly there would be no troops from the United States or allied countries in Afghanista
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WeaseI words.
Obama = Bush's 3rd term
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"The war in Iraq was very very clearly about oil, as was the war in Afghanista
"If you map the proposed pipeline route across Afghanista
-Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowsk
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About Barack Obama
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Democratic voters have mistakenly believed that Obama and Democrats want what they want. The DLC-contro
If the Bush years taught us anything, it's that anyone can sell anything and ANYONE to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. It's not that Bush and Rove were geniuses and knew something that nobody else knew; Bush and Rove were just more ruthless in doing what politician
Obama didn't get to be the first black president, vanquish the Clinton machine (to get the nomination
Obama and Democrats know how to do it -- They don't want to do it.
The trick for them has been to keep the many different populist groups believing that they really do support our issues, but they're merely inept. And to get us to keep voting for them despite their failure to achieve our alleged shared objectives.
Getting Democratic voters (and Obama's 'most ardent supporters
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"Obama is reportedly looking for politically comfortabl e ways to take a more open stance on same-sex marriage."
New game - Words To Describe Obama's Style of Governing:
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