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RifleDude
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Posted: July/06/2010 at 10:30 |
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Sounds logical to me; I think the author is on to something here...
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The General and the Community Organizer
by Paul R. Hollrah June 24, 2010 Channel-surfing from ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN through MSNBC and Fox News, the inside-the-beltway pundits had a field day trying to get inside the heads of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, General Stanley McChrystal, and McChrystal's top aides. The one thing common to all of the analyses, by the most famous and highly-paid talking heads in the Western World, was that they are all wrong… dead wrong. What is certain is that they all owe General McChrystal and his senior aides an apology for assuming that they are lame-brained numbskulls. The facts of the McChrystal case are not in dispute. General McChrystal and his senior officers allowed a reporter for Rolling Stone Magazine, Michael Hastings, to have almost unprecedented access during an extended stay in In an interview with CNN, Hastings reported that he had a tape recorder in his hand most of the time and that McChrystal was "very aware" that his comments would find their way into print. He said, "McChrystal and his people set no ground rules for their conversations, although they did ask that some parts of their conversations were off the record." As As General McChrystal flew from General McChrystal and his top officers are not simple-minded, knuckle-dragging brutes. To the contrary, they are intelligent, thoughtful, highly educated, patriots… graduates of I would argue that McChrystal and his aides knew exactly what they were doing. From the day that he became the handpicked "spear carrier" for Obama's unique brand of warfare… playing at being Commander in Chief while playing to his far left constituency… McChrystal's life had been one of constant frustration. After telling Obama exactly how many troops he needed to carry out his mission, Obama dithered for months before deciding to give him just half the troops he requested. McChrystal could not have been happy about that. The Obama team insisted on new Rules of Engagement designed to reduce collateral damage (civilian casualties). Obama's ROE required that Under Obama's politically correct ROE, our soldiers and Marines were required to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. McChrystal could not have been happy about that. A strict new interrogation policy, dictated by Attorney General Eric Holder, required that prisoners must be delivered to an Interrogation Center within twenty-four hours of being captured or be released. A great deal of actionable intelligence was lost as a result and battle-hardened enemy fighters were returned to the field to kill Americans. McChrystal must have found that to be incomprehensible. But the greatest insult to our troops in the field, and to the officers who lead them, may be a new battlefield medal designed by the Obama team. It is called the Courageous Restraint Medal and is awarded to soldiers and Marines who demonstrate uncommon restraint in combat by not firing their weapons even when they feel threatened by the enemy. Would we be surprised to learn that the preponderance of these medals were awarded posthumously? McChrystal must have found that to be an insanity. I suggest that, having his best military judgments subjected to the White House political sieve for nearly a year and a half, McChrystal decided that he'd had enough. And when he announced to his senior staff that he was prepared to retire they decided to push back… to make the most of a bad situation. It was clear that, if McChrystal were to simply take off his uniform and walk away, his retirement would be page-twenty news for a day or two before the mainstream media and the American people forgot all about him. They had to make the most of his retirement because it provided a one-time opportunity to show the American people, as well as our enemies and our allies, that the man who claims the title of Commander in Chief of the They knew that, by openly showing their disrespect for Obama in front of just any newsman, they may not attract the attention they desired. Like any astute observer of the MSM, they knew that most reporters would turn on their own mothers if it meant a good story. But they could not take a chance that a mainstream media reporter might suffer a rare pang of conscience when confronted with the prospect of ruining the careers of some of the most senior officers in the War on Terror. They had to fix the odds as much as possible in their favor so they chose to use Michael Hastings and Rolling Stone Magazine. During the long hou |
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bugsNbows
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The seed is planted. Wonder why (as reported) McCrystal even voted for zero? As Sgt. Schultz used to say, "very interesting".
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If we're not suppose to eat animals...how come they're made of meat?
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Keep Mc Chrystal fire obama. |
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3_tens
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EXCELLENT READ ON THE SITUATION.
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Folks ain't got a sense of humor no more. They don't laugh they just get sore.
Need to follow the rules. Just hard to determine which set of rules to follow Now the rules have changed again. |
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300S&W
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Obama's the enemy and a traitor. He needs hung.
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"I ain't got time to bleed!"
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Well at least tar and feathers has been earned. If the system of checks and ballances was still working we would have seen the birth certificate or an impeachment hearing so it is more than just one guy the whole system is broken.
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300S&W
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PLENTY of rope and trees to go around. I'm just REALLY frustrated!! Maybe this will go somewheres? There's also a you tube video of him if someone wants to put it up.
Edited by 300S&W - July/10/2010 at 09:25 |
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shooter07
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Certified America hater and firm believer in socialism. He appolgizes on our behalf for things that do not deserve apology. He was brought up in a world of hate towards America and our system. His father, his mother, his pastors, his mentors, his friends. Why in God's name would anyone believe he had our interests (esp white folk who he dislikes and has stated such in his books) in mind? |
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300S&W
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FRUSTRATED to,huh Paul?
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"I ain't got time to bleed!"
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shooter07
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Just a smidgen.
Thats why i buy more guns and cling to religion.....thanks Obama for calling me out!
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300S&W
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Company showed up so I'll talk (type) at ya later.
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