Cut-&-Run Countdown… Obama Addresses Nation on Afghan War Will Surge Troops For 18 Months
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 7:08 PM
Here’s a flashback from Barack Obama from the 2008 Campaign:
“His plan comes up short. There’s not enough troops, not enough resources and not enough urgency. What President Bush and Senator McCain don’t understand is that the central front in the War on Terror is not in Iraq and never was. The central front is in Afghanistan and Pakistan where the terrorists who hit us on 9-11 are still plotting attacks seven years later.”
But that was last year when he had to sound tough.
Tonight, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner will finally offer his plan for Afghanistan after his top general asked for reinforcements 90 days ago.
US fatalities in Afghanistan have tripled under Barack Obama.
Obama announced that 30,000 more troops will go to Afghanistan and then they will come home 18 months later.
** Here is the video.
Obama mentioned the successful War in Iraq but for some strange reason he forgot to mention Bush or the fact that he was against the Bush Surge. He also forgot to thank General Petraeus, who is sitting in the audience tonight.
Obama blames former administrations for their Pakistan policies.
He just compared Afghanistan to Vietnam.
Oh brother. Obama just said he spent this year renewing our alliances.
This is strange. He’s now talking about the greatness of America.
Weird.
Oops, spoke to soon… “As a country we are not as young or innocent as we were when Roosevelt was president.”
“We are passing through a time of great trial.”
True. It’s been that way since January.
The FOX News Panel just panned the weak speech.
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bg commented:
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posted in previos thread..
OBAMA REFUSED TO MENTION BUSH..
AND CLAIMED “WE’VE ACHIEVED” RE: IRAQ!!
i’m too old, i really can’t take him any more..
“let me be very clear”..
“this is all about ME”..
*sigh*
good God help US, it’s still ALL ABOUT HIM!!
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Midwestengr commented:
bg,
I think we can now accurately refer to him as “President Photo-Op”. It is all about him.
vargas commented:
I hope that someone is keeping track of how many times Obama says “I”. It’s ALL ABOUT HIM!!!!
You can tell that some of these cadets are biting their lips as they have to sit there and listen to this crap.
Midwestengr commented:
Just wondering, is it me, or does it just appear, that whenever BO is giving one of his speeches that his lips are extremely deep purple and his teeth have a shade of purple. Just wondering. It doesn’t look natural.
anna commented:
I can honestly say I’m embarrassed for this idiot. Atleast we know the military will never stand with the won when he tries to take over everything. I’ve never seen a less anthusiastic audience in my life. If Bush was there, they would be standing and cheering every other word…This is pathetic
who writes these teleprompter speaches?
Midwestengr commented:
Here’s the Bush bash.
Midwestengr commented:
Yahoooooo! He’s going to work to bring down this deficit!
bill-tb commented:
Got to get the troops home before 2012? Anyone know what 2012 represents?
hmmmm
anna commented:
I have to say, I saw the purple lips too, whats that about?
Midwestengr commented:
That’s 2 camera shot’s in a row that cadet’s were falling asleep. AWESOME!
Midwestengr commented:
Hillary is fading fast!
Richard Bagg commented:
The guy is an idiot with an intention of destroying our country. He’s wrong on Nuclear weapons. The idiot knows but won’t accept the fact that the Muslim world IS the problem. Nuke em all….
anna commented:
This has to be the most ill-received speach I have ever seen.. Good times!!!
Midwestengr commented:
I wish the camera’s would stay panned on the crowd only.
bg commented:
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“those days are over”
translation..
FU Bush!!
meantime.. he has not stated anything different
from exactly what Bush was doing, gah!!
the ONLY difference is.. whatever Obama says, he means the opposite..
i’m going to do this, but i’m also going to do that which will COUNTER the objective.. ie: ROE & sending troops to the Hague.. my heart is punding, this a$$hole may kill me yet..
btw, the attendees do not look ,lets say, “happy”.. they know
Bush and they aren’t as dumb as O hopes/believes they are..
and if he doesn’t sound like a dictator..
then i just don’t know dictators very well..
ps: have to wonder why he keeps
on interjecting his “civilian army”..
oh no, here comes his mealy mouthed
double standard lecture of “who we are”..
he just finished his BS segment..
blah, blah, blah, i’m still in campaign mode..
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bill-tb commented:
Yeah the wife is wondering about the lip color too … strange.
bg commented:
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oh yeah, back to me again, don’t i sound good..
oh yes, i’ll include you if i want applause..
thank you, i know i’m great, thank you, thank you..
not a Bush reception that’s for sure!!
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anna commented:
They should post this at the Fail blog…It would be a classic
vargas commented:
I turned it off after 5 minutes…..PATHETIC….ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC!
ar05075 commented:
WHAT A P.O.S.!!!!!!!!
bg commented:
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another photo op never missed..
McCain is on with Katie Couric,
time to turn the boob tube off..
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Kevin commented:
Dear Christ, you mean they marched the entire corps in there and subjected those poor kids to this idiot?
Even the black cadets looked pissed off. Polite golf clap, nothing more.
bg commented:
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well, he’s speaking about timetable’s and how
he’s against them.. aah, off it goes anyways..
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vargas commented:
For anyone who was able to watch the whole thing and not throw up their dinner….did he at least ONCE mention the word VICTORY?????
anna commented:
My son wants to join the military when he graduates. If it was 3 years ago I would say yeh!!! Now, no way until these asshat democrats are out of power…
anna commented:
and I hope their privedged children come to the table when the sh*t hits the fan….
Neoavatara commented:
I don’t think we could have expected much better from Obama. It could have been much worse. That said, I hope for our sake that he keeps his word.
http://neoavatara.com/blog/?p=8983
Midwestengr commented:
3 months of dithering, and this is the rah, rah speech we get. My 17 y.o. son could have given a better speech in his High School speech class.
crystal commented:
anna
December 1st, 2009 | 7:28 pm | #10
I have to say, I saw the purple lips too, whats that about?
Not trying to be funy, but it’s either cigarette smoke or weed smoke. He’s light-skinned (so am I), and his lips use to be pinkishn (so are mine). i used to smoke ALOT, and it started to darken my lpis to like a dark pinkish red. I quit smoking, and they went back to their natural color. Of course, this was at least ten years ago (21 yrs old then):)
Just sayin’….
olm commented:
I think the purple lips is he’s still smoking and has extremely poor circulation.
Seriously.
olm commented:
Oops sorry, crystal but you are right.
His lips have always been this way and there is no way in hell that man is not smoking but I guess that’s another thing they think the American people are too stupid to notice.
vargas commented:
olm
December 1st, 2009 | 7:54 pm | #31
I think the purple lips is he’s still smoking and has extremely poor circulation.
Seriously.
______________________
You could very well be right.
J commented:
I have a friend in the medical profession. She says that between the blue/purple lips and the sometimes ashen skin color, he appears to have some disease of the lungs.
Mike W commented:
I think spocbama needs to crawl into kucinichs space ship and fly off on a 10 yr mission to the center of the sun.
Midwestengr commented:
Crystal,
Why doesn’t it appear that way all the time? It just seems to be that way during these speeches. Maybe it’s the lighting.
Now that I think about it, it very well could be the lighting. Certain types of light, (wavelengths) can make things appear drastically different. This I know for sure.
olm commented:
I think he does too possibly have a disease of the lungs. My mother asked me about this during the campaign. His real medical records would probably make for some good reading. I also wonder if he’s not smoking more because he is under so much stress. Despite what you are supposed to think, a decrease in adoration has got to be tough on the little narcissist.
olm commented:
Trust me, his lips are purple.
anna commented:
Now the asshat from Ohio is saying we should negotiate with the taliban..send to the Fail blog immmediately. This is what happens when old disgusting hippies are in charge of our future. They were wrong and stoned in the 60′s, why do you think they’re right now. they’re losers….
Midwestengr commented:
Let me clarify something….I don’t know for him for sure, but what I do know is that different wavelengths of light make things look different in the lens of a camera. That would make sense to me why BO appears that way during these speeches.
VKF commented:
Did anyone catch the “new relationship with the Muslim world” line? Uh, really? We have still yet to see ANY Islamic state or Muslim leaders come out with a denunciation of any kind against terrorism, state-sponsored or otherwise. What new relationship is he referring to? Maybe a relationship in which we pretend there is one at all? More faireytales from Brobama Land.
olm commented:
It could be the light that makes them appear darker at times but his lips are purple and unless he favors purple lipstick, it is from smoking.
crystal commented:
,i>Why doesn’t it appear that way all the time? It just seems to be that way during these speeches. Maybe it’s the lighting.
Now that I think about it, it very well could be the lighting. Certain types of light, (wavelengths) can make things appear drastically different. This I know for sure.
Could be, but I’m with olm. Actually, you both could be right..I’m sure he has make-up done before he makes his appearances. However. I have seen many a lip darken from the weed/cigarette smoke.
As for his health, i don’t remember where I read it. But there are questions concerning his health.
Ginger commented:
Mirror, mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all! me me me me me me me me me me me me
wanumba commented:
Guess he ignored Prime Minister Singh’s advice to STAY in Afghanistan.
The CHicago gang think Singh is stupid? He’s one very very smart dude, one of, if not THE chief architect of India’s privatisation program – privatising socialized industries – dismantling the dud socialist economy that held India back for decades and he was born in India in what is now Pakistan and his family had to flee during Partition to what remained as India.
Not naive, not dumb, very very concerned about whether the USA under Obama and the Democrats can be trusted as an ally.
bg commented:
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ht Bogdan from Australia in a previous thread..
Lieutenant Colonel Allen West
speaks about American principles.
(thumbsup)
now that’s a speech!!
make it go viral!!
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Mike W commented:
It would be interesting to see an analysis of stress and purple lips on the spocbama.
jonyjoe101 commented:
They need to put makeup on him like they did on Nixon. But if you put lipstick on a pig it will still be a pig.
Heavy smoking/toking can affect the color of your lips. I also couldn’t stomach the speech.
anna commented:
First of all, there is nothing wrong with smoking. Unless of course you are the head of a chicagostyle style of govmnt..which means I am the won and I can smoke, but not you underlings…Look at me, I’m the BEST(and I use Airforce 1 just to go on a “date” with the first klingon)…..Too bad for u
Lee Peters commented:
Obama Declares “We Will Beat the Clock in Afghanistan” http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/12/obama-declares-we-will-beat-clock-in.html
Jo commented:
Bozo will go schizo and change the dates as he sees politically expedient. Everything will be Bush’s fault. He has an alibi. The Republicans are all evil and it is always their fault.
Kevin commented:
As soon as he said “Now let me be clear” I screamed, here comes a big lie! And I was right.
Anyone else notice the lack of southern accent during this speech?
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opaobie commented:
As tiresome and loathsome and disingenuous as the “Blame EVERYTHING on Bush” mantra has become, if Bush and the Republicans had done their jobs during their eight years in power, Obamabots wouldn’t have a leg to stand on, and they would be held to account for the problems they have created or exacerbated. Elections have consequences, but so does failing to hold to principles and advance the cause when it’s your turn at the plate. Sadly, the entire country will suffer needlessly because of the failures of Bush and the Republicans and the cover they left for Obama and his merry band of Marxists.
bg commented:
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opaobie @ 8:59 pm #54
yeah right, the truth about Bush was NEVER reported,
as a matter of fact, they’re still LYING about him..
yet just about everything Obama says comes straight from his heavenly father, and they enhance it to boot.. evidently some koolaid seeped through the cracks..
was Bush perfect no, did he make mistakes, yes.. but for all intent & purpose, he was ALONE, on his own, he took the political risk neither Clinton nor Obama would even dare dream of..
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shiba07 commented:
obama is a fraud.
bg commented:
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re: bg @ 9:09 pm #55
btw, Bush didn’t micro manage the war.. he left that up to the experts, he was too busy fighting his own back here at home even if he wanted to..
my favorite thing about Bush is the fact that he neither
took nor got any credit, yet he took all the blame, go figure..
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TheScribbler commented:
Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one who noticed the darkening of his lips. And did you notice how red his eyes were? I said to myself that he was high as a kite! They should have passed everyone watching a joint to have them sit and watch that mess of a speech. And did ya notice, no mention of how it’s going to be paid for? Once again Obama demeans the office of POTUS and Commander in Chief. One word describes Obama…pathetic. And one more photo op and I might just gouge my own eyes out!
IOpian commented:
I chuckle when he says things like ‘those days are over’. Statements like that have a shelf life of about 3 years. Perhaps shorter if the Democrats lose power next year and he has the longest lame duck presidency in history.
bg commented:
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uh-oh
Obama flashbacks!!
“Let Me Make This Clear”
“For at least a year now, I have called for
two additional brigades, perhaps three,”
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Solaratov commented:
Crystal ~~
Andrew Wyeth once did a painting of a black handyman in his town; and, as it happened, the man had an extraordinary fondness for wine. Everyone commented on the way that Wyeth had painted the man so realistically — EVEN TO THE PURPLE COLOR OF HIS LIPS AND THE PURPLISH TINGE TO HIS TEETH!!
I wonder if our esteemed reader might not have a fondness for the grape himself – and even take a “taste” to bolster his “speaking quality”?
Ted commented:
Rapid weight loss and purple lips are symptoms of AIDS.
spayandneuter commented:
From the speech…
“We did not ask for this fight. On September 11, 2001, nineteen men hijacked four airplanes and used them to murder nearly 3,000 people. They struck at our military and economic nerve centers. They took the lives of innocent men, women, and children without regard to their faith or race or station. Were it not for the heroic actions of the passengers on board one of those flights, they could have also struck at one of the great symbols of our democracy in Washington, and killed many more.”
“This is the epicenter of the violent extremism practiced by al Qaeda. It is from here that we were attacked on 9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak. This is no idle danger; no hypothetical threat. In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror. This danger will only grow if the region slides backwards, and al Qaeda can operate with impunity.”
I have heard this before, hmmmmm, oh yeah, it was from President Bush.
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wanumba commented:
Ted
December 1st, 2009 | 10:45 pm | #62
Rapid weight loss and purple lips are symptoms of AIDS.
………
AIDS: Afghanistan Indecisive Defeat Syndrome
Just_Saying commented:
I wondered about AIDS, Ted, considering the gossip of his past…
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crystal commented:
I wonder if our esteemed reader might not have a fondness for the grape himself – and even take a “taste” to bolster his “speaking quality”?
Solaratov,
How are you, sweets? As fpr your question, it is entirely possible. I just keep flasing back to the picture of the young Obama..you know…the one when he is puffing on a ciga-weed? Let’s see.. the only wone that turned my lips a purpl-ey shade was Carlos Rossi. It came in a two gallon moonshine jug, and was about ten bucks. Ahh…high school.
crystal commented:
And yes, I still don’t preview:) sorry y’all.
bg commented:
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spayandneuter @ 0:54 pm #63
hah, that’s nothing read their lips..
just a sample, more @ link:
“I’ve never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I’ve said is, is that we’ve got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly, and I don’t think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.”
Senator Barack Obama (Democrat, Illinois)
During an interview on “Chicago Tonight” with Elizabeth Brackett
April 5, 2004
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
Senator Hillary Clinton (Democrat, New York)
During an interview on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
September 13, 2001
“In the next century, the community of nations may see more and more the very kind of threat Iraq poses now — a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists, drug traffickers or organized criminals who travel the world among us unnoticed.
If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow by the knowledge that they can act with impunity, even in the face of a clear message from the United Nations Security Council and clear evidence of a weapons of mass destruction program.”
President Clinton
Address to Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon staff
February 17, 1998
and they bashed Bush dawn til dusk for every word
he uttered no matter how they had to twist them..
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bg commented:
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spayandneuter @ 0:54 pm #63
you know me well, but just in case..
re: [hah, that’s nothing read their lips..]
was meant in jest..
btw, good catch.. (thumbsup)
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ang commented:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message935005/pg1
ang commented:
his lips are purple because he is a muslim, no need to wear the pink make up now that the last election is over now is there.
spayandneuter commented:
“bg
December 2nd, 2009 | 1:38 am | #70″
I know you were joking… you always have such good links.
I was ROTFLMAO that he said the same things Bush said. Over at Huffpoop they are soooooooooo confused that Hopeychangey is not changing anything. Well, duh, there are evil people that want to hurt others and we have to do everything we can to prevent another 9/11.
It is too funny that when Hopeychangey says something his voters don’t want to hear (like reality) that they freak out.
Actually this speech was IMHO the most honest, realistic thing I have heard him say so far. I guess the security briefings he gets now have changed his views of everybody wanting to play nice on the playground.
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Chris Vehr commented:
I think football coaches should announce their next offensive play to the opposing team. That way, the fans could see the intelligence of the coaches and could rest assured knowing that the announced play is the best possible solution to getting over the goal line.The sportswriters could dissect the play even before it’s put into action so that we, the fans, would realize the vast knowledge of the sportswriters regarding the strategic planning of the coaches.
Then, we could sit back, turn on the TV and watch the results of that play evolve.
Oh yeah, I should add that the coaches of the defense would totally endorse this approach.
Ruth commented:
Yeah, let’s think back to Linden B. Johnson. He said he wanted to “finish the job” in Vietnam too. Thats how nearly 400,000 troops were wounded or killed. Obama could be reading LBJ’s speech with name substitutions. And did everyone forget about the pentagon papers? Yeah, that was proof that they were lying continuously about progress in the war. Anyone heard of history repeating itself? Jesus, save us.