Prof. Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has some pointed questions for Obama about his plans for the war in Afghanistan:
And what about the Obama administration’s new strategy announced last March:
“Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. And this marks the conclusion of a careful policy review, led by Bruce [Reidel], that I ordered as soon as I took office.”
Did Obama and his advisers not ask the civilian, political, military and strategic questions which now are being asked before implementing the March strategy?
Concerning Obama’s habit of resorting to accusations of racism in order to destroy his enemies, Roger Simon observes:
The root of this “wish” for people like Al Sharpton – who has a “business interest” in the preservation of racism or, more exactly, the preservation of the illusion of racism – is obvious. The root is less clear for others and may be a kind of personal rage. But whatever the case, these false accusations of racism, while often undertaken under the mantle of “liberalism,” are not liberal at all. They are reactionary – reactionary just in the sense it is traditionally defined: “Reactionary (also reactionist) refers to any political or social movement or ideology that seeks a return to a previous state (the status quo ante).”
What we have then among the media and Internet race-baiters is a form of nostalgia for racism – a longing for the days when you could simply brand your enemies with the “r-word” and discredit them and everything they have to say in one extreme melodramatic gesture.
Yes, it’s reactionary and, no, it’s not working.
Bonus from Teh Resistance Blog: “Cry racism and let slip the coons of war!” The background is at Tammy Bruce’s blog. I have to admit raccoons named Rocky make me a bit sad, since my younger brother rescued a baby raccoon in 1970 or ’71 that we named “Rocky” and one of the last, best photos we have of him before he was killed in a car accident in 1973 is him smiling and bare-chested, with almost shoulder-length wavy hair, joyfully holding a serene Rocky up in the air.
Obama has a plan for Afghanistan. All we need to know is that leftists love death. They’ll fart around and kill as many soldiers and Marines as possible, then they’ll pull out the troops with a lot of high, humanitarian speeches. Then, when the Taliban and alQ come raging through, slaughtering everyone who even smiled at an American, Obama and company will say “See, war doesn’t work.” They’ll then slash the defense budget, prosecute anyone they can and, finally, when a worse-than-9/11 happens, they’ll blame Bush.
It would almost be worth it if the Islamonazis slip a nuke into D.C. The last thing we’d hear as that crowd went up into a mushroom cloud would be BOOOOOSH!
Unfortunately, there are too many nice people in the area for me to really look in favor of a nuke going off in D.C. It’s a damned shame no one in power wants to protect them. I swear, this crowd thinks the bad guys have weapons that will only kill conservatives.
.-= Peter´s last blog ..Rush And Alleged Racism =-.
Where does one get a magic 8 ball like that? I’d like to see what other suggestions are in there. Like “label her a dumb broad” or “call her a bitch” or, my all time favorite…. “make fun of her wardrobe.”
Race card. Gender card. These are all that is left of their “genius” strategy.
SYD,
It’s at http://www.imagegenerator.net/create/magic8ball/. After generating the slogan I wanted, I had to use screen capture software to have the image in a form I could use on the blog. They don’t let you copy or download it and they don’t serve it from their servers the way LOLCats does.
Cynthia
Old internet meme:
1. Declare victory.
2. Bug out.
3. ???
4. Profit!