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2010-01-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Glover says that Haiti is Gaia's response for failure in Copenhagen

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Posted by CrazyFool 2010-01-15 08:50|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Glover must think that Gaia is a racist entity for slamming a poor black country for the failures of White and Asian countries to come to an agreement on paying money out to mostly black countries. It is almost like Gaia was holding a hostage.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-01-15 09:52|| 2010-01-15 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Love his pronunciation of Coo-ba. Sounds like a real Fidel accolyte, just like he is.

Posted by AlanC 2010-01-15 10:05|| 2010-01-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#3 This guy is a typical Cali bafoon of the first order. Nobody asked me but....not sure what the problem is down there. Leadership void mebe? Appears Washington is a bit timid about being seen as taking charge. Recommend the following COA:

a. Use Pathfinders to set up some key strategic redistro points within walking distance of the worst hit areas.

b. Helo in a Company of 82nd Abn to each and plenty of wire, light-sets, coms, and ammo.

c. Watch the gate. They will come.

d. Conduct re-supply from the airfield as necessary.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-15 10:22|| 2010-01-15 10:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Besoeker, the 82nd are all on their 4th or 5th combat deployment or are having a brief time home before their 5th or 6th.

And need I call your professional attention to the logistics implications of the surge in Afghan?

Posted by lotp 2010-01-15 10:26|| 2010-01-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#5 And in the "never let a good crisis go to waste" department, BJ Clinton's old klepto-crony aristide wants back in (only to help out, fer sure) and fwance wants Haiti's debts to be forgiven. Uh, isn't an uncollectible debt more or less, pro-forma, excused?

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-01-15 10:26|| 2010-01-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 e. LTG Russ Honore, bring 3 sets of BDU's, US Passport, boots & pistol, and report to the Army Operations center ASAP.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-15 10:29|| 2010-01-15 10:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Really.

Perhaps he should have a talk with Pat Robertson.

Posted by Kelly 2010-01-15 10:31|| 2010-01-15 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 Quite correct lotp. Just a guess, but I suspect a call for volunteers would result in no less than a 100% response with rucksacks at the 'Green Ramp' within an hour or so. These are "All Americans."

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-15 10:40|| 2010-01-15 10:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Since Kelly beat me to the Pat Robertson comparison, I'll just say LMAO to rjschwarz for comment number 1.

Posted by ryuge 2010-01-15 11:54|| 2010-01-15 11:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Just a guess, but I suspect a call for volunteers would result in no less than a 100% response with rucksacks at the 'Green Ramp' within an hour or so.

Haven't checked the deployment status of the 82nd but I can tell you that the active duty units are being pushed to Afghan as fast as possible. It's not a question of volunteers - I know damned well what our soldiers are made of, first hand.

But there are HARD choices to be made this year and in our future. Hard ones in part because we ARE stretched extremely thin, and not simply in terms of people -- also logistically and in terms of equipment, airlift capacity and that long long tail that supports units like the 82nd.

Hard choices too because we are facing and will face a lot of less-than-full-combat but still deadly challenges all around the world. Fantasy aside, we cannot do it all. Nor can we lock ourselves away safely behind steel walls.

It's going to be one hell of a decade, friends. To survive it well we're going to have to set aside all traces of fantasy and be very cleareyed and creative.

Prayer wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Posted by lotp 2010-01-15 19:49|| 2010-01-15 19:49|| Front Page Top

#11 One other piece to this:

There is far more dry rot in our national security / defense establishment than I would have believed possible were I not seeing it up close recently. Political correctness isn't even half of it. An entrenched, extremely risk averse and highly uncreative bureaucracy has strangled some of our most important agencies, on the part of both civilian and military leaders. They've pushed out &/or seen retire a VERY large body of technical expertise and situational experience that will be difficult if not impossible to replace - and would require a miracle to reconstitute in the timeframe we're facing.

The same thing is true and more than true WRT the political leadership, D and R. But we half expect it there. To see how advanced it is in our defense and national security areas is ... sobering.

Posted by lotp 2010-01-15 19:57|| 2010-01-15 19:57|| Front Page Top

#12 So when Pat Robertson inserts foot in mouth, he gets what he deserves. But when Glover does it... nothing but the sound of crickets from the MSM. Surprised - not.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2010-01-15 20:25|| 2010-01-15 20:25|| Front Page Top

#13 I think it would be great if Danny moved to Coo-ba.

Posted by tu3031 2010-01-15 20:51|| 2010-01-15 20:51|| Front Page Top

#14 LOTP, You mean like admirals who think the purpose of the Navy is not to fight?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-15 21:10|| 2010-01-15 21:10|| Front Page Top

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