Obama has nearly decimated al Qaeda: Why doesn't he brag about it?

[Lakhota]

obama is still doing the samew thing bush did

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

 

[Trajan]

By Michael Tomasky

Obama’s Missing Bravado

Obama has nearly decimated al Qaeda. Why doesn’t he brag about it? Michael Tomasky on liberals’ squeamishness at thumping their chests—and the endless victory lap that Bush would have taken.

The immediate political question raised by the successful drone attack that took out Anwar al-Awlaki is simple. How much credit will Barack Obama get for this? He ordered renewed drone attacks in Yemen earlier this year, and now, we see clear results. But I doubt Obama will derive much political benefit, for one obvious reason and one reason that is less obvious but that reflects something more enduring in our political culture.

When that SEAL team nailed Osama bin Laden, Obama got about a five-point bounce out of it, but it washed away as quickly as a wave on a beach. The conventional wisdom said, well, it’s the economy. People are more concerned about the unemployment rate. It also happened as the debt-ceiling crisis was starting to build, and Washington was more obsessed with it. So the conventional wisdom wasn’t necessarily wrong.

But it also wasn’t the whole story. The fuller explanation reflects differences in the emotional and psychological make-up of liberals and conservatives. Conservatives are far more eager to thump their chests about these things. Liberals, from Obama to Hillary Clinton to the liberal foreign-policy gurus at the think tanks to your average person, find it a little unseemly.

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Obama is a quiet warrior...

why doesn't the media?

get it?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

obama is still doing the samew thing bush did

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

Is gitmo closed
has the patriot act been repealed
are we still fighting in Iraq afghanistan? Are Americans troops still being used to fight in other countries?

 

[bigrebnc1775]

One thing I totally dislike about conservatives is that I think they are bad sports. When a Democrat becomes president, conservatives refuse to acknowledge their accomplishments. It happened with Clinton amnd it is happening with Obama.

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

What successes were still hated around the world and what were at one time allies are a little stracthed thin.

Pakistan is just about to breaks ties with us or didn't you know that?

 

[rdean]

obama is still doing the samew thing bush did

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

Is gitmo closed
has the patriot act been repealed
are we still fighting in Iraq afghanistan? Are Americans troops still being used to fight in other countries?

Gitmo wasn't closed because of a Republican campaign that terrorized the American people. Seems Republicans are better at that than al Qaeda. Who knew?

Do you want the Guantanamo terrorists in your neighborhood? - National Right Side Politics | Examiner.com

I'm glad you brought that up. This is a perfect example of Republicans fucking with the American people, telling them lies and scaring them to score political points against Obama. Points you yourself just used proving you are a Republican minion.

If Bush had taken out Bin Laden instead of let him go, all this would have been over a long time ago.

 

[rdean]

obama is still doing the samew thing bush did

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

That's a wonderful picture. Says so much.

 

[J.E.D]

One thing I totally dislike about conservatives is that I think they are bad sports. When a Democrat becomes president, conservatives refuse to acknowledge their accomplishments. It happened with Clinton amnd it is happening with Obama.

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

What successes were still hated around the world and what were at one time allies are a little stracthed thin.

Pakistan is just about to breaks ties with us or didn't you know that?

Pakistan? Yeah right. We give them billions in aid. I don't think they're going anywhere.

 

[bigrebnc1775]

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

Is gitmo closed
has the patriot act been repealed
are we still fighting in Iraq afghanistan? Are Americans troops still being used to fight in other countries?

Gitmo wasn't closed because of a Republican campaign that terrorized the American people. Seems Republicans are better at that than al Qaeda. Who knew?

Do you want the Guantanamo terrorists in your neighborhood? - National Right Side Politics | Examiner.com

I'm glad you brought that up. This is a perfect example of Republicans fucking with the American people, telling them lies and scaring them to score political points against Obama. Points you yourself just used proving you are a Republican minion.

If Bush had taken out Bin Laden instead of let him go, all this would have been over a long time ago.

Yet obama signed a presidental order that within one year of his signature it would be closed.

If Bush had taken out Bin Laden instead of let him go, all this would have been over a long time ago

Bush got the master mind of 9-11

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[bigrebnc1775]

One thing I totally dislike about conservatives is that I think they are bad sports. When a Democrat becomes president, conservatives refuse to acknowledge their accomplishments. It happened with Clinton amnd it is happening with Obama.

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

Obama Not Getting Credit for Foreign Policy Successes

What successes were still hated around the world and what were at one time allies are a little stracthed thin.

Pakistan is just about to breaks ties with us or didn't you know that?

Pakistan? Yeah right. We give them billions in aid. I don't think they're going anywhere.

Instead of keeping your head in obamas ass read something other than mainstream media. America's relationship with Pakistan is not as strong as it use to be.

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[PixieStix]

Obama has done all the things Bush couldn't do.

Why?

Because he is smarter than Bush.

Yeah he managed to turn our country inside out in less than 4 years.

Smarter? He is a puppet

 

[The T]

What successes were still hated around the world and what were at one time allies are a little stracthed thin.

Pakistan is just about to breaks ties with us or didn't you know that?

Pakistan? Yeah right. We give them billions in aid. I don't think they're going anywhere.

Instead of keeping your head in obamas ass read something other than mainstream media. America's relationship with Pakistan is not as strong as it use to be.

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And to mention that they have nukes. It is a shakey relationship since thier nukes cannot fall into the wrong hands...

 

[Lakhota]

And to mention that they have nukes. It is a shakey relationship since thier nukes cannot fall into the wrong hands...

Palistan's nukes are already in the wrong hands - but they could fall into wronger hands.

 

[Wicked Jester]

Pakistan? Yeah right. We give them billions in aid. I don't think they're going anywhere.

Instead of keeping your head in obamas ass read something other than mainstream media. America's relationship with Pakistan is not as strong as it use to be.

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And to mention that they have nukes. It is a shakey relationship since thier nukes cannot fall into the wrong hands...

We had, at least, a working relationship with Pakistan before Obama came along.

Christ, they gave up the stealth technology of our chopper that went down during the Bin Laden raid to the Chinese.

And now we find out, Pakistan was behind the recent bombing of our embassy in Afghanistan.......Yeah, Obama has done wonders!

 

[Trajan]

Not exactly. He has made many changes. It takes time to clean up Bush's mess.

Is gitmo closed
has the patriot act been repealed
are we still fighting in Iraq afghanistan? Are Americans troops still being used to fight in other countries?

Gitmo wasn't closed because of a Republican campaign that terrorized the American people. Seems Republicans are better at that than al Qaeda. Who knew?

Do you want the Guantanamo terrorists in your neighborhood? - National Right Side Politics | Examiner.com

I'm glad you brought that up. This is a perfect example of Republicans fucking with the American people, telling them lies and scaring them to score political points against Obama. Points you yourself just used proving you are a Republican minion.

If Bush had taken out Bin Laden instead of let him go, all this would have been over a long time ago.

if I recall the congress, which pushed back against obamas closing of gitmo etc, was....drum-roll please...Democratic.

nice try though, well, not really.

 

[Avatar4321]

Because it isnt happening

 

[zonly1]

Not even going to check on this..

But so what.

Almost every republican voted against Clinton's anti-terrorist efforts including one to beef up security at airports.

Clinton saw the problem and no one took it seriously. Especially Republicans.

We see how effective Clintools efforts were...he missed OBL and Bush had to deal with it and you keep blaming Bush ....some logic

And if the war was for oil ...so what.

and Bush still couldn't get him and didn't care where he was.

and bushes policies got obl and obumer spikes the football when he specifically said not to as he was whining about it , 8yrs bush vs 2yrs obumer with clintool cutting the militaries achilles heal aprior, brac closures ring a bell mr selective one.
your slip is showing

 

[zonly1]

Not even going to check on this..

But so what.

Almost every republican voted against Clinton's anti-terrorist efforts including one to beef up security at airports.

Clinton saw the problem and no one took it seriously. Especially Republicans.

We see how effective Clintools efforts were...he missed OBL and Bush had to deal with it and you keep blaming Bush ....some logic

And if the war was for oil ...so what.

Again, Clinton wanted special ops hunting teams and he got missiles. Missiles are great for some things but nothing replaces on the ground human intel and hunter/killer teams.

The Bushies also had a long relationship with the Bin Ladens. From starting companies to funding a war against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

It was a patently stupid relationship at that. And cost tax payers billions.

clinton cut defense hypocrite to meet his projections in his earlier campaign promises

our clandestine intel was cut, men on the ground to fit in with those societies/local areas of interest and report back...all on clintool