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AWOL on Afghanistan

BonafideUS Wrote: Oct 03, 2009 11:15 AM
How could you expect a man whose only management experience was as a "community organizer" to deal competently with the critical details of any war or any kind of real health care reform? Obama is lethal smoke and mirrors and has renigged on many, if not all, of his campaign promises. There are too many major issues for the "Chicago" messiah to handle, even with an army of Czars. What about Americans without jobs whose unemployment is running out? What about the San Joaquin valley desert and farms dusting away? What about all of the other things that are dismantling and demeaning this country at home and abroad? Can we stand another 3 years of this "illegal to start with" president and the far-left Democrats? We need to impeach...

Around the house, leaks are a major problem. They can even lead to structural damage if they aren't dealt with.

The same is true in Washington, of course. But here, leaks can also be beneficial, getting out information that someone wanted to keep bottled up. Consider the front-page story in The Washington Post on Sept. 21. The newspaper obtained and wrote about the 66-page report Gen. Stanley McChrystal (President Obama's hand-picked commander) had submitted to explain what he thinks he'll need to do to prevail in Afghanistan.

"Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term (next 12...