Did you know that the U.S. had no troops killed in action in Iraq in 2011? Zero. None. That's f-ing amazing. As Gary put it: "Once the big US forces left, the Iraqis stopped attacking us. I mean completely."
Kinda makes all those folks like, um, (cough-cough!), myself look pretty damn smart for saying the Iraqis didn't hate us for who we were or our freedom, they hated the open-ended U.S. occupation. And it makes all those people who said they were just crazy Muslims look kind of dumb, doesn't it? I mean, you can't be crazy violent Muslim one year and sane democrat the next.
Still, 'Bama can't get any love from W's erstwhile GWOT-lovers and troop-honorers. He's just too eerily calm and collected about his blood & guts. And he never spikes the ball in the endzone, even when he nailed the biggest bearded baddy of them all. He lets others do his bragging for him, like Crazy Old Joe repeating in semi-senile fashion, "GM is alive and bin Laden is dead." Obama's steady nerves, quiet modesty and self-restraint may be admirable traits in a Clint Eastwood-type film hero, but these are terrible traits in a U.S. president.
Concludes Gary:
War isn’t about “winning” wars, so much — the 2004 election proved that once and for all. It’s about having something to woof on behalf of, like the NFL squared. Bush was the worst warrior since George Villiers, but he was a pro at cheerleading and we reelected him. Obama’s been a big surprise as a C-in-C, a damn good, cool-headed master of assassins, which is what you need for counterinsurgency … but he’s worse than nothing as a cheerleader.
By Gary Brecher
September 11, 2012 | NSFW Corp
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