Quotes of the Day: ‘It is my intention to finish the job’
Email"It is my intention to finish the job." – President Obama, on his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan
“Let me say that there is serious unrest in our caucus about, can we afford this war?” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in a conference call with economists
"President George W. Bush once boasted, ‘I'm not a textbook player, I'm a gut player.’ The new tenant of the Oval Office takes a strikingly different approach. President Obama is almost defiantly deliberative, methodical and measured, even when critics accuse him of dithering. When describing his executive style, he goes into Spock mode, saying, ‘You've got to make decisions based on information and not emotions.’ – Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
“I hope he’s more accurate about the bill than he is about me.” — David Broder, responding to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s description of him on the Senate floor as “a man who has been retired for many years and writes a column once in a while.”
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Suddenly Pelosi is worried about fiscal
responsibility after sending this country
into the tank.
Posted by: wis134 | November 25, 2009, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
Pelosi is one of the most pathetic people in the House.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 25, 2009, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
For once I agree with Pelosi.
As far as Obama’s style, he chews his cud over and over and over.
What changed in Afghanistan?
What new piece of information or part of the puzzle did he need to ruminate over?
He was hoping something would change, but it didn’t. Our enemy is constant; they will not change. There will only be new faces to replace the old faces that have or will perish.
Our enemy will just move their headquarters someplace else.
What’s after Afghanistan?:: Pakistan?
Somalia? Iran? Then back to Afghanistan again?
Pelosi is correct on this one.
I’ll give her that.
Posted by: ddg | November 25, 2009, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm
Lets see how obama plans on winning the war in 3 years because he did say he will finish the job before he leaves. Hmmm Pelosi said she is worried about paying for the war at a coast of around 400 billion yet she is promoting and trying to pass a health care bill that will cost trillions? Looks like they have been caught lying again if we cant afford the war then we certantly cant afford their health care bill.
Posted by: Jason | November 25, 2009, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
Well, someone has to finish the things wannabe-King George started.
Finishing this war, of course, does not necessary mean the U.S. gets to win. In fact, America’s inability to win this war and the war in Iraq demonstrates American’s inabilities.
Clearly, Al Qaida was way smarter than Bush and Cheney. The U.S. is now losing two wars thanks to non-veteran, psudeo-macho clowns like Bush and Cheney. Those two have demonstrated how weak the U.S. is………not how strong it is.
Posted by: Doppelganger | November 25, 2009, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
It’s the voting public duty to finish the job also, we started in NJ and VA. Remember this date, 11/03/2010. It will be the first day of the Dems Un-employment! Maybe they’ll see what it like to stand inline for the extended un-employment check.
Posted by: Gunrunner | November 25, 2009, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm
Obama finds himself in a curious position: siding with the republican politicians.
I thought Obama promised to end the war?
He’s ext-ending the war.
Maybe he’s just taking the long way home.
When al qaeda pops up in Pakistan or Somalia, will we have to go there?
The dems are going to give Obama a rough time on this.
I don’t blame them. I hope they do.
Posted by: ddg | November 25, 2009, 6:30 pm 6:30 pm
It will be a never ending story. This war in Afghanistan cannot be won. The Soviet Union experienced the same in the 80s when they wanted to get rid of the Taliban who were then supplied with arms by the West because the Soviets supported the Afghan communist regime at that time. Now the U.S. and their allies fight against the Taliban. No exit strategy and over-burdening costs by the billions per month.
Is this smart policy?
Posted by: Jack Wiseheimer | November 28, 2009, 4:01 am 4:01 am
It will be a never ending story. This war in Afghanistan can’t be won. When the Soviet Union fought the Taliban in the 1980s they experienced
the same dilemma – many, many dead soldiers (conscribed in the Red Army),vast losses of military equipment and overburdening war costs.
Then, the Western Allies supported the Taliban against the Reds. Now the U.S. and its allies fight against the Taliban in order to get rid of them.
This ‘Mission Impossible’ resulted in many, many (courageous professsional military) U.S. casualties, vast losses of military equipment and incredibly high war costs -billions of dollars per month-.
No exit strategy – very tight-fisted allies who keep their mouth wide open but their pockets closed and their military support at low level.
It’s high time for a pull-out on budget reasons!
Posted by: Jack Wiseheimer | November 28, 2009, 4:21 am 4:21 am