Comments on: McChrystal’s Afghanistan Report Leaked; Attempts to Push Obama to Escalate War http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:28:03 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981998 macaquerman Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:34:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981998 <p>hey, Dragon. That’s why there are horse races. If you enjoy that kind of rhetorical excess served up from Siun, revel.<br /> I’ve asked her repeatedly and have yet to see her come up with a single fact to back up her nonsense about Petraeus. All she’s ever been able to offer is Gareth Porter fantasy or allegations about other people that she can’t really link to Petraeus.</p> hey, Dragon. That’s why there are horse races. If you enjoy that kind of rhetorical excess served up from Siun, revel.
I’ve asked her repeatedly and have yet to see her come up with a single fact to back up her nonsense about Petraeus. All she’s ever been able to offer is Gareth Porter fantasy or allegations about other people that she can’t really link to Petraeus.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981997 SouthernDragon Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:33:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981997 <p>LOL </p> <p>Speaking of sophomoric.</p> LOL

Speaking of sophomoric.

]]> By: macaquerman http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981995 macaquerman Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:18:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981995 <p>” The Petraeus Cabal” by Siun. </p> <p>Another in the continuing series of vampire fictions by this author. Suitable for teens-sophomores.</p> ” The Petraeus Cabal” by Siun.

Another in the continuing series of vampire fictions by this author. Suitable for teens-sophomores.

]]> By: Winski http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981994 Winski Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:56:16 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981994 <p>What, just more whining out of these Middle-East money magnets?? Bite me..</p> <p>What a quote: “McChrystal’s people were already telling journalists that they were “impatient with Obama” as Nancy Youssef reported. This “Power Play,” as I mentioned last night included a veiled threat that McChrystal would resign if he didn’t get his way.”</p> <p>Best solution: McChrystal gets FIRED.</p> <p>Whiny and pushy generals and their money-sucking staff are replaceable on a moments notice. They can even be fired as we withdraw OUT OF THE MIDDLE-EAST…</p> What, just more whining out of these Middle-East money magnets?? Bite me..

What a quote: “McChrystal’s people were already telling journalists that they were “impatient with Obama” as Nancy Youssef reported. This “Power Play,” as I mentioned last night included a veiled threat that McChrystal would resign if he didn’t get his way.”

Best solution: McChrystal gets FIRED.

Whiny and pushy generals and their money-sucking staff are replaceable on a moments notice. They can even be fired as we withdraw OUT OF THE MIDDLE-EAST…

]]> By: BitterScribe http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981897 BitterScribe Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981897 <p>Obama can perfectly well tell McChrystal or anyone else to go back to the drawing board if he doesn’t like the options he’s presented. I say again: The ultimate responsibility is his, not McChrystal’s or anyone else’s.</p> Obama can perfectly well tell McChrystal or anyone else to go back to the drawing board if he doesn’t like the options he’s presented. I say again: The ultimate responsibility is his, not McChrystal’s or anyone else’s.

]]> By: Rayne http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981893 Rayne Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:05:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981893 <p>And that’s exactly how McChrystal has now framed this, putting his own Commander-in-Chief in a corner and giving him two options instead of consulting with CiC and giving him multiple options.</p> <p>I’d be careful how you frame this, too.</p> And that’s exactly how McChrystal has now framed this, putting his own Commander-in-Chief in a corner and giving him two options instead of consulting with CiC and giving him multiple options.

I’d be careful how you frame this, too.

]]> By: BitterScribe http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981892 BitterScribe Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:03:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981892 <p>Don’t frame this as poor innocent Obama vs. the big meanie generals. He’s running the show now and he has to make the decisions and take responsibility for them.</p> Don’t frame this as poor innocent Obama vs. the big meanie generals. He’s running the show now and he has to make the decisions and take responsibility for them.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981879 SouthernDragon Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:51:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981879 <p>I’ll back up Praedor on this one and I’ve got 3 years in the Mekong Delta. That good enough for ya? Oh, and don’t lay any of that “thank you for your service” bullshit on me.</p> I’ll back up Praedor on this one and I’ve got 3 years in the Mekong Delta. That good enough for ya? Oh, and don’t lay any of that “thank you for your service” bullshit on me.

]]> By: oldtree http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981878 oldtree Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:50:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981878 <p>Another questionable general, constantly begging for more lives and money. Sound familiar?</p> Another questionable general, constantly begging for more lives and money. Sound familiar?

]]> By: tjbs http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981877 tjbs Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:45:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/09/21/mcchrystals-afghanistan-report-leaked-attempts-to-push-obama-to-escalate-war/#comment-1981877 <p>That was a mission accomplished, w/ a triple tap to the forehead,for bush and cheney and the war mongers.</p> That was a mission accomplished, w/ a triple tap to the forehead,for bush and cheney and the war mongers.

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