The President has made his decision. Now it's up to the generals to make the most of it before the liberal dems sound retreat, and you know they're just itching for that bugle.
A lot of ink has been spilled on the speech, here and around the world. The men at Blackfive and Ralph Peters at The NY Post have the best take.
A lot of ink has been spilled on the speech, here and around the world. The men at Blackfive and Ralph Peters at The NY Post have the best take.
As always when I want the straight gouge, I head over to Blackfive, one of the best military commentary sites, imho. They didn't disappoint...
MCQ had this to say:
if I'm the Taliban I'm absolutely exultant about what I've heard. And I'm immediately into planning a disinformation campaign that will paint the rosiest possible picture in 18 months time.Uncle Jimbo, another Blackfive writer, chimed in:
Meanwhile, my forces are basically on R&R for duration (or concentrating in Pakistan) while I sit back and wait out the withdrawal. And when that last C-17 is wheels up out of Bagram, I'm headed into Afghanistan in force.
Given that speech last night, they must finally believe that Allah truly is on their side now.
While Grim and I were watching last night this was the best laugh line.Those are our soldiers out there; let's pray for a good outcome. Inshallah...And going forward, the Pakistan people must know America will remain a strong supporter of Pakistan’s security and prosperity long after the guns have fallen silent, so that the great potential of its people can be unleashed.After the guns have fallen silent? Oh that is rich. These people have been shooting at each other since guns were invented, before that they were stabbing each other, before that bashing each other with rocks. After the guns have fallen silent? I’m not holding my breath.
More Reading:
Ralph Peters (He Flames Obama!)
Der Speigel (German Doubts)
Der Spiegel (More German Doubts)
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Obama is so clueless, he has no idea how things work in the real, non-academic world. If he were a coach in the NFL, this speech would have been akin to Bear Coach Lovie Smith laying out his offensive plans for the game to Steeler Coach Mike Tomlin three weeks before the game (actually, that seemed to have been the case, bad example).
And of course Coach Obama expects his next adversary to keep their game plan constant, and ignore all of the upcoming plays that were given to them.
Who can take this guy seriously anymore? I never did, but what about the rest of those Obama voters? I am not sure they even know where Afghanastan is, unless it were located next to the food stamp office.
This is clearly a political calculation.
Jimbo's a great guy, met him a couple of times now.
This was just another photo-op for Barry. There is nothing he won't exploit for personal gain.
I didn't even watch the speech. Seeing him causes me to vomit involuntarily. If I were sitting in that crowd at West Point and heard what they did, I'm pretty sure I would have walked out, knowing that he thought my life as a soldier didn't have as much value to Obama as the value of mooslem's life.
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