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2009-11-01 Afghanistan
Obama's Afghan decision not likely before Nov. 11
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Posted by Steve White 2009-11-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 How likely a decision after Nov 11?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-11-01 01:33||   2009-11-01 01:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Depends entirely on the makeup of the next Congress, pro dem? he'll decide NO.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-01 02:45||   2009-11-01 02:45|| Front Page Top

#3 He desperately wants to blame Bush for this fiasco, problem is he can't, Best alternative is stall.

I recently read a comment that while really is not aimed at Obama fits perfectly.

(Question) Out of his depth, isn't he?
(Answer) Like a pogo stick in the ocean.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-11-01 02:56||   2009-11-01 02:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Obama's Afghan decision not likely before Nov. 11

Give him a break. He's gotta decide whether he should pardon John Allen Muhammad before he's put to a well-deserved death on November 10th.
Posted by gorb 2009-11-01 03:36||   2009-11-01 03:36|| Front Page Top

#5 The man will be travelling around the world, after all. It's not fair to expect him to make momentous decisions as well -- everyone knows jet lag scrambles the decision-making capacity. Even if making decisions is the job description.
Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife  2009-11-01 10:45||   2009-11-01 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 "present!"
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2009-11-01 10:48||   2009-11-01 10:48|| Front Page Top

#7 "everyone knows jet lag scrambles the decision-making capacity"

That assumes Bambi has any decision-making capacity, tw.

He don't. He's waiting for Soros Ayers his handlers advisors to tell him what to do.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-11-01 10:57||   2009-11-01 10:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Gorb, John Allen Muhammed is not under the jurisdiction of the President; only the Governor of Virginia could pardon him. And if you think that's going to happen....
Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow  2009-11-01 11:15||   2009-11-01 11:15|| Front Page Top

#9 He obviously considers this Above His Pay Grade.....
Posted by CrazyFool 2009-11-01 11:35||   2009-11-01 11:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I bet he delays the decision till Feb. 2013.

That way he'll be able to say: "I made a decision, but wasn't able to implement it because of those damned Republicans!"


Posted by Frozen Al 2009-11-01 13:18||   2009-11-01 13:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Now tell me.....how long did Bush have to decide to INVADE after 9/11? Less time than Zero has been diddling over this I'd wager.
Posted by AlanC">AlanC  2009-11-01 13:20||   2009-11-01 13:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Veteran's Day. How appropriate.
Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-11-01 13:31||   2009-11-01 13:31|| Front Page Top

#13 "Gorb, John Allen Muhammed is not under the jurisdiction of the President; only the Governor of Virginia could pardon him. And if you think that's going to happen...."

Eric's right.

Not that Kaine wouldn't like to commute his sentence - Kaine's against the death penalty - but he's not that politically stupid.

Although I wouldn't put it past Bambi to try to get involved if his handlers he thought it would help him to establish a dictatorship in the U.S. politically somehow.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-11-01 13:52||   2009-11-01 13:52|| Front Page Top

#14 we already know how Eric Holder would go on that

*spit*
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2009-11-01 14:07||   2009-11-01 14:07|| Front Page Top

#15 Barbara Boxer apparently holds meetings on the streets of Oakland, according to her companions, who didn’t want to allow a constituent with a camera to question Senator Ma’am on policy in Afghanistan. Boxer finally responds long enough to insist that Congress will not allow more troops to go into Afghanistan, which then prompts the question of whether we should keep troops there at all if we’re not going to fight to win there. Boxer walks away, even though the constituent calls her “Senator” … repeatedly:
Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-11-01 14:30||   2009-11-01 14:30|| Front Page Top

#16 Not that Kaine wouldn't like to commute his sentence - Kaine's against the death penalty - but he's not that politically stupid.

IIRC Alabama has a hold on the dude for murder as well. If VA doesn't go through with it, they'll request extradition and stick him with a new date to meet his maker. We're just talking a delay here.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-01 15:19||   2009-11-01 15:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Good to know, P2k, but I don't think it will be necessary. Kaine has refused to interfere with lesser murderers than Johnny-boy meeting their new roommates in HELL.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2009-11-01 16:00||   2009-11-01 16:00|| Front Page Top

#18 Veteran's Day. How appropriate.

Well, he did do something memorable for Poland on the day they got invaded by the Soviet Union....
Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-11-01 20:19||   2009-11-01 20:19|| Front Page Top

#19 The answer is simple. He's waiting for the Dreaded Afghan Winter.
Posted by Pappy 2009-11-01 20:43||   2009-11-01 20:43|| Front Page Top

#20 For the Prez:
Posted by 3dc 2009-11-01 22:42||   2009-11-01 22:42|| Front Page Top

23:20 Cornsilk Blondie
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23:14 lotp
23:06 trailing wife
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22:52 3dc
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22:48 BigEd
22:45 3dc
22:43 trailing wife
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