Comments on: Obama’s Surge Problem

By: Squall

Squall — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:30:53 +0000

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Sen. Barack Obama will never admit he was wrong. He would rather admit that Bush and everyone else was wrong and not him. If the US would have listen to Biden and Obama in Iraq, the US would have had its second major loss (Vietnam and Iraq) in recent history.
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Wow…it seems every post I read on here is extremely idiotic. Heres the difference between Iraq and Vietnam- about 55,000 lives. Vietnam was only a major loss because of the loss of life. Don’t even get me started in the bull between communism and capitalism…fighting over economic ideals?
Iraq is not a major loss…it shouldnt even be considered a win or a loss because its just as bullcrappy as Vietnam in terms of why we are fighting it.
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Back on topic though, as far as I’m concerned, from what I read in this article, If McCain-Palin get into office, I have a feeling they will restrict the freedom of the press and freedom of speech. Seems to me they are afraid of the media. I also hope when Charlie Gibson does interview Palin, he confronts her on this very issue because it seems to me she is afraid of the media.

By: Dr Hubert, Lt Col, USAF, Retired (2005)

Dr Hubert, Lt Col, USAF, Retired (2005) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:09:35 +0000

Sen. Barack Obama will never admit he was wrong. He would rather admit that Bush and everyone else was wrong and not him. If the US would have listen to Biden and Obama in Iraq, the US would have had its second major loss (Vietnam and Iraq) in recent history.

By: miles1967

miles1967 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:41:02 +0000

And the “surge” only appears to be working because we are giving money and arms to the Sunnis, who until recently were placing IEDS and shooting at U.S. soldiers. Arming your enemies and paying them a salary never works unless you plan on doing those for 100+ years like McCain wants to. Once we stop giving the Sunnis money, they will go right back to being insurgents against us, the Shias and anyone else. Wake up people, the Iraq fair is a colossal blunder that had no military relevancy and has only fanned the flames of the already existing civil war. We should never have been involved.

By: JimL

JimL — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:33:24 +0000

With all the talk about the “Success” of the surge, we seem to have forgotten that McCain’s original vote in support of a war that by all accounts was a disaster and engaged in for wrong and misguided reasons resulted in the death of over 4 thousand Americans and countless Iraqis. If the Bush administration had not misled the country into a war that McCain, and not Obama, supported, thousands of families would still be in tact. Why aren’t we talking about this ?

By: letsgetreal

letsgetreal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:38:01 +0000

Just some general comments. Of course Obama has been vetted, every moment of his life has been looked at. To think otherwise is just plain silly,,,sorry but it is.
As for his judgement, when the pressure was the most, he voted against the war….he did not cave in…..O’ course he was right, even the republican know this now.
As for being the next president. We all have a duty, as Americans to get the facts, the facts now on the two running for office. We live in an age that we can vet both men and make an intelligent decision.
I for one feel that Obama is a man of great vision, can rally America, and move us back to where were 8 years ago, when the world looked up to us. He already proved he has no problem meeting with world leaders and they were impressed with him.
He is a man of great faith but he doesn’t let it rule him (with Palin I don’t think we can say the same).
McCain is a man that has always had the best interest of America in his thoughts and should be commended for that. But right now, this time he is not the right person.
We need be change. Not someone that is always one step behind Obama.
But that is just my opinion. I trust you all will do your American duty and your homework, and vote for who you feel will take this country forward, who will protect us, who will be a true leader and make the hard choices.

By: Curious Jack

Curious Jack — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:31:12 +0000

Yes the surge worked. It worked because the Iraqi people were tired of being killed by terrorists. Sorry to disappoint a lot of you folks but most of the Iraqi’s killed have been killed by the terrorists or sectarian violence not by US action. No, the Iraqis are siding with US forces to weed out the terrorists. To quote one Iraqi official, “there are no more safe houses that are safe for them.” The surge has provided the security umbrella needed for the Iraqis to come forth with information.
Now the Iraqi politicians have to do their job. Much has already been done but much more needs to be done. It does look as though they are going to get the job done though. At least they are headed in the right direction. It would be a shame to pull out now and turn the country and all of its oil over to Iran. Iran is rapidly running out of oil so in about 10 years they won’t have the money to keep their nuclear program going. They want and need Iraqi oil.

By: geenie

geenie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:12:01 +0000

Firstly, focusing on how ‘successful’ the surge has been ignores a few incovenient facts: there never should have been an invasion of Iraq, and it’s been a total disaster strategically and eocnomically. Secondly, Bush and McCain have been WRONG about everything: WMDs, links between Iraq and 9-11, that we’d be greeted with flowers, the war would pay more itself, mission accomplished, the insurgents were nothin but a few dead-enders, the war would be over in weeks, the Iraqis would take to democracy like a duck to water, that the war could be fought on the cheap with less than 100,000 troops. Just because Bush gets lucky on the surge doesn’t absolve him from the complete failure of the prosecution of the war, and misleading us into it. If you want to talk judgement, I’ll compare Obama’s to Bush/McCain’s anyday and it’s clear who comes out on top – Obama.

By: Beckie

Beckie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:26:09 +0000

Peaches, you know, I would love BHO to win just for you to see what a miserable failure he would be. But alas, have to put Country 1st, so go McCain / Palin!
Besides who would the far-lefties blame and hate for the next 8 years? You guys need this hatred to keep you going….think about it!

By: David H

David H — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:21:17 +0000

Obama’s answer to the question was “uh uh uh uh humuna humuna humuna humuna BS BS BS BS”
Obama’s answer that “it succeeded beyond our wildest dreams…” referred to his dreams only. It was not surprising to McCain that the surge succeeded, since McCain actually knows something about war.

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:46:19 +0000

Cooday is right “America has the attention span of a 30 second commercial”