Obama Surrenders In Afghanistan Part 2

Dec 2, 2009 3 Comments ›› Snooper

From the Snooper Report

Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org: Matthews Calls West Point, Site of Obama Speech ‘The Enemy Camp,’ ‘Strange Venue’

Either MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews let one slip tonight, or it was an extremely poor choice of words.

Following President Barack Obama’s Dec. 1 speech, which he announced his intentions for increasing troop levels in Afghanistan, MSNBC followed with wrap-up coverage of his speech with arguably three of their most prominent on-air personalities – “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann, “The Rachel Maddow Show” host Rachel Maddow and Matthews.

Matthews referred to a scene from “Gone with the Wind” about the American Civil War as an example of “excitement” going into a war. He said that was lacking in the room during Obama’s speech. [...]

It was a strange venue but not for the reason Tingle Legs meant. What seemed odd to me was that Obama did not appear to be preaching to his usual choir and pretended to be talking to members of the military that would be sent into Harms Way. The first 14 minutes was too good to be true. The last 40 minutes or so was the usual America sucked in Iraq but we would use those same tactics that worked in Iraq in Afghanistan. That’s when I lost all good hopes for the speech. That alone speaks many volumes to me seeing that I did fight in Afghanistan.

Here’s Tingle Legs:

Pat Dollard via The Politico: McCain Challenges Obama To His Face and GOP-er challenged Obama at W.H.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has publicly criticized President Barack Obama for announcing a target date to begin pulling back from Afghanistan, challenged the president’s policy to his face in a private meeting at the White House Tuesday afternoon.

During Obama’s meeting with members of Congress prior to the president’s Tuesday speech at West Point, McCain expressed concern that setting a date for withdrawal will embolden the United States’ enemies and said “success” is the true exit strategy, several sources familiar with the meeting said.

Obama replied, the sources said, much in the way he addressed the issue in his speech Tuesday night — arguing that a drawdown would take into consideration conditions on the ground in Afghanistan.

It is not the first time McCain has jabbed Obama during a private meeting on the war Afghanistan. In another gathering of lawmakers at the White House in early October, when Obama was holding sessions to devise a new Afghanistan strategy, McCain told the president he should not be taking a “leisurely” approach to making a decision.

Obama responded by saying that he was not making his decision in a “leisurely” fashion. [...]

There’s more on this McCain “triumph” over Obama at Memeorandum…

For me personally, I was entirely stumped during the speech. Nothing made sense to me and this July 2011 means very little to me. One cannot win a war by telling the enemy when we are to quit. He mentioned Vietnam comparing our war efforts to Vietnam. How soon the democrats always forget that it was the democrats that lost that war and it will be the democrats that lose this war as well.

From the Daily Intel: Almost Everyone Hated Obama’s Afghanistan Speech

President Obama’s task last night wasn’t enviable: make a costly and unpopular decision with unpredictable prospects of success sound like something America should have confidence in. It’s like looking for support from your wife and kids after gathering them in the living room to tell them you’re putting the last of the family savings into your dream of opening a restaurant that only serves applesauce — “Just applesauce? Can that actually work?” — except, obviously, way more serious and consequential, since actual human lives and billions upon billions of dollars are at stake. Anyway, judging by the reactions to President Obama’s speech, he has a lot more convincing to do. [...]

The plethora of data there on this web site is astronomical so the read is well worth the effort.

Spiegel Online: Searching in Vain for the Obama Magic

NOTE: why is it that we always have to rely on foreign news sources to figure out Obama?

Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric — and left both dreamers and realists feeling distraught.

One can hardly blame the West Point leadership. The academy commanders did their best to ensure that Commander-in-Chief Barack Obama’s speech would be well-received.

Just minutes before the president took the stage inside Eisenhower Hall, the gathered cadets were asked to respond “enthusiastically” to the speech. But it didn’t help: The soldiers’ reception was cool.

One didn’t have to be a cadet on Tuesday to feel a bit of nausea upon hearing Obama’s speech. It was the least truthful address that he has ever held. He spoke of responsibility, but almost every sentence smelled of party tactics. He demanded sacrifice, but he was unable to say what it was for exactly.

An additional 30,000 US soldiers are to march into Afghanistan — and then they will march right back out again. America is going to war — and from there it will continue ahead to peace. It was the speech of a Nobel War Prize laureate. [...]

[...] In his speech on America’s new Afghanistan strategy, Obama tried to speak to both places. It was two speeches in one. That is why it felt so false. Both dreamers and realists were left feeling distraught.

The American president doesn’t need any opponents at the moment. He’s already got himself. [END]

I really didn’t want to say anything about Obama “puss-faces” last night but Spiegel did the trick for me. Look at that mug!

I am finished with this Obama character. If you or anyone else has seemed to think that I have been mean spirited towards Obama, you haven’t seen anything yet.

Chicago Ray: Obama Kicks The Can Down The Road In Afghanistan, Matthews Calls West Point Enemy Camp

Pat Dollard: Transcript Of Dumb Bastard’s Speech

Check out the transcript of the lying ass. Leave comments if you so desire.