Comments on: That Obama Military Story

By: Dos

Dos — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:37:48 +0000

Hillary E. – With all due respect, no one cares about your 30 years of experience. This isn’t about the truth at ground level or military history or analysis. This about politics and Jesus 2.0 can do nothing wrong — otherwise, he wouldn’t be Jesus 2.0. He can not simply be a good candidate, in order to win, he must be the immaculate sending of the divine and the slightest tarnish will forever rupture this theological campaign. So go try to sell your “truth” to someone who is buying it — we are with the Church of Obama.

By: Elisabetta

Elisabetta — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:36:43 +0000

No difference between the Ron Paul afficionados who until recently filled this blog and made their man out to be a god; and the now-crowd of Obama devotees that jumps at every legit criticism leveled at Obama’s. Just because they are sold lock, stock and barrell on whatever the guy predicates.

Obama’s remarks were irresponsible and not correct. Half a truth is still a lie.
Justin, how do you figure that Obama didn’t make our military out to be crippled?
He disinformed the public by sharing a story that happened 4-5 yrs ago, sprinkled with wrong info.

First, our soldiers have never been without ammunition. Not enough Humvees, but not lacking ammo.

Secondly, he failed to mention the situation had been corrected and doesn’t reflect today’s conditions.

The exaggeration and half-truths can be traced back to Obama, not those rectifying his blunders.

By: Hilary Evers

Hilary Evers — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:20:34 +0000

I fail to understand why an anonymous source providing four year old information that is unsupported by anything other that that source should be considered valid. I have 30 years service in the Army and was involved in the planning surrounding this movement to Afghanistan and I say this is â€œhorse puckyâ€.

H. Evers

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By: Jim S

Jim S — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:03:46 +0000

No, the Republican Party is a disaster for American security. McCain’s “I’ll keep George Bush’s policies going.” attitude is a disaster for national security. The stupidity that the modern conservative operation of ideological lobotomy encourages is a disaster for far more than “national security”. See the first two comments on this post for an example.

By: ray

ray — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:35:11 +0000

Why does Obama get a by on this? Obama gave the impression that 15 of soldiers were pulled from this unit and sent to Iraq. If you read the ABC report 15 men were transferred out, happens all the time and the captain later found out that ten of them ended up in Iraq. People are transferred out of units all the time and the level of personnel in a command will very over time. Since we assume this is an infantry unit it is hardly surprising that some of those men ended up in Iraq, that hardly proves Obama’s claim that they were pulled and sent to Iraq and it does nothing to support the claim that this had any effect on their ability to get parts and ammo.

Obama also claims that Bush was responsible for the lack of ammo and parts. Well the army supply system has been slow for over 200 years so blaming Bush is a stretch and exactly the sort of spin Obama is supposedly above. . These soldiers were fighting in some of the most remote areas of the world with no easy supply route, could that be why it was at times slow to get parts for his weapons?

Obama send one reporter to talk to his secret captain, the reporter comes back with a story that only partially matches Obamaâ€™s claim, does not even verify the guy was actually in war and the press declares Obama’s claim proven. How sad that our press is so biased by their personnel politics that they unable to give the country objective coverage.

By: Dos

Dos — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:29:30 +0000

Okay, so it has nothing to do with: 1) the military supply system or 2) adaptation causing an actual tactical advantage on the batatlefield? It is solely the “consequence” of diverting resources to Iraq and that was a “strategic mistake”.

Yes, it is a hallmark of an experienced statesmen to declare our military’s weakness to the world while we are in war. That is not inexperience, that is being the Jimmy Carter of the 21st century. If Jesus 2.0 believes so heartily (and has since the beginning) that the war in Iraq was not simply a strategic mistake, but morally wrong, then why doesn’t he sponsor a resolution that apologizes to the Iraqi people for the invasion. That would be leadership. But he should really refain from using battlefield anedotes to score cheap political points. Maybe he’d feel differently if McCain hauled out the family of an infant mustard gassed by Sadam – which would be another cheap political trick.

I am in agreement though, “inexperience” is not the issue with Obama — his problem is a McGovernite pacificism that will result in capitulation to a tumorous misoginsic death-cult. And no absurdly bombastic rhetoric about his willingness to invade an ally to get terrorist is going to change his stripes.

Oh, I feel faint…

By: Americaneocon

Americaneocon — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:13:24 +0000

Sorry, but the army says troop members may have been deployed to Iraq, but not as an company.

Obama’s a disaster for national security. This issue’s really been neutralized, and just the talk about it at the debate made the Dems look even weaker.

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