Obama - "I will not apologize for the Bergdahl swap"

[bigrun]

One of my favorite quotes.

'When Bush stood with his arm around a NY fireman after the 9/11 attacks promising to find whoever did this to the nation, he was every American's president. His polls soared. He had a unique opportunity to unite America, to bring the U.S. together with allies round the world to fight terrorism and hate, to eliminate al-Qaida, to eliminate our vulnerabilities, to strengthen important nations threatened by radicalism. He did NONE of those things..He invaded Iraq!....excerpt from Richard Clarke's book..

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by bigrun

One of my favorite quotes.

My friend he took what the intelligence community gave him, made a decision and acted.

This is what Presidents do.

Agree or disagree or whatever you want but try to remember those days right after 9/11 and the new kind of fear we were introduced to, that internal terror that was constant and unnerving...

He did what he though was right and, I would remind you, at the time? Most Americans agreed.

At least he had conviction, displayed leadership, and possessed the ability to make decisions.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

My friend he took what the intelligence community gave him, made a decision and acted.

This is what Presidents do.agree..but the intel was coming from Darth and only when it was intel he wanted to hear..

Agree or disagree or whatever you want but try to remember those days right after 9/11 and the new kind of fear we were introduced to, that internal terror that was constant and unnerving..agree again...we were looking at any suspicious person or act..

He did what he though was right and, I would remind you, at the time? Most Americans agreed.Yes we agreed on action..but what action?**see note below

At least he had conviction, displayed leadership, and possessed the ability to make decisions.

**His action was invading afghan and bombing their terrorist camps..excellent!..instead of hunting down Osama and in and out of afghan in one year tops, what did he do?...Invaded a sovereign country that was no threat at all to us!

[GenuineRisk]

"Everything You Need to Know About 'Too Extreme for Al Qaeda' ISIS"

http://pando.com/2014/06/16/the-war-...qaeda-i-s-i-s/

Long read, but worth your ten minutes (how terrible that in a virtual world a ten-minute piece is "long"). Great background from someone who spent time in the area.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

"Everything You Need to Know About 'Too Extreme for Al Qaeda' ISIS"

http://pando.com/2014/06/16/the-war-...qaeda-i-s-i-s/

Long read, but worth your ten minutes (how terrible that in a virtual world a ten-minute piece is "long"). Great background from someone who spent time in the area.

Really? I thought he was an internet nerd from Fresno.

[Danzig]

http://news.msn.com/world/us-forces-...curity-mission

[Pants II]

This is also known as breeding season for McCain.

What a dark comedy! Three and a half stars!

"Bush did it!"- Ebert

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://news.msn.com/world/us-forces-...curity-mission

Fine...small contingent of special forces..no large scale intervention..

Dan, you gotta catch last nite's Stewart show..He must have read some posts from this thread...goes back to '03 and what the right and Fox said then and what they say now...typical...