Comments on: Thanks for Nothing (Really)

By: Al

Al — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:53:30 +0000

Don’t get too excited Chiefos. If Obama had been president last year, he would have made the wrong call (again) on the surge and we’d have a very destabilized Middle East, with a fractured Iraq. His judgment on foreign policy issues (evidenced again by his slow and improper response to the invasion of Georgia – Russia has veto authority in the U.N. Security Council unbeknownst to him) evidence a lack of the most basic understanding of foreign affairs. Oh yeah, let’s invade nuclear power Pakistan while we’re at it – great idea. Powell had lost touch with the current administration, so I think his endorsement was as much about vindictiveness as it was actual support for Obama.

By: Chiefos McStacy

Chiefos McStacy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:22:24 +0000

Mr. Sullivan,
The big story of the weekend is that Gen. Colon Powell has endorsed Senator Obama, and is being very open about his reasons. The foriegn policy portion of Obama/Biden’s platform just got a big shot of “Gavitas”. Even Christopher Hitchens came out for Senator Obama, and he took a brow beating from Laura Ingram for his new position. He said that “Obama has been more trainable as far as his progression from being the extreme anti-war spokesperson, to now admitting that the surge worked and that we are winning this war!! This is a paradigm shift for the war on terror, as the Iraq forces draw down in the theatre and redeploy in Afghanistan, the tide will turn quickly. I don’t know how this election will turn out, but at least we can feel more secure now that both candidates are allowing for victory. The sooner the region stabalizes, the faster the recovery will progress.
Strength!
Chiefos McStacy

By: John S

John S — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:58:31 +0000

I wish the President wouldn’t meet, have you noticed that every time the officials meet and then come out and talk the Market goes down. If they want to talk how about the press not broadcasting it and maybe we will recover, just a suggestion.