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Old 02-08-2012, 10:26 PM
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Even George Will has acknowledged that Obama has neutralized a traditional GOP strength - defense and national security. I guess taking out OBL kind of puts the kibosh on Newt's description of Obama's "Kenyan anti-colonialism."

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Old 02-08-2012, 11:03 PM
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The only real strength that the GOP has in the national security arena is their ability to piss away money to benefit their military/industrial complex enablers/benefactors, while satisfying the nation's appetite for kicking somebody's ass. Amazingly, almost to a man, the most hawkish of all Republicans are chicken-hawks who never served in the military themselves. If they had, they may be less willing to throw away so many young mens' lives chasing their world domination fantasies.
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Old 02-08-2012, 11:47 PM
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They should name a Drone after him.
He has been very successful. I gave him props for all the kills a year ago & was ripped by Rightys & Leftys. It's one area where I tip my hat to the man.
Also, I feel Panetta deserves a ton of credit for doing an excellent job and for just being a stand-up guy. The Dems should run him against the Prez.
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Old 02-09-2012, 07:16 AM
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The only real strength that the GOP has in the national security arena is their ability to piss away money to benefit their military/industrial complex enablers/benefactors, while satisfying the nation's appetite for kicking somebody's ass. Amazingly, almost to a man, the most hawkish of all Republicans are chicken-hawks who never served in the military themselves. If they had, they may be less willing to throw away so many young mens' lives chasing their world domination fantasies.
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Old 02-09-2012, 07:17 AM
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They should name a Drone after him.
He has been very successful. I gave him props for all the kills a year ago & was ripped by Rightys & Leftys. It's one area where I tip my hat to the man.
Also, I feel Panetta deserves a ton of credit for doing an excellent job and for just being a stand-up guy. The Dems should run him against the Prez.
Uh........+1..

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Old 02-09-2012, 07:33 AM
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About time they challenged this half assed BS, name me a Republican President, apart from Lincoln, who ever won a war? All the big ones were under Democratic Presidents. When Time published my letter to that effect no one challenged it.

I guess old George has his lucid moments occasionally.
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Old 02-09-2012, 10:33 AM
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So we got Osama on Obama's watch. OK, that's great for sure. What else has he done to deserve a rep for National Security?

And as far as chickenhawks, Obama is one too.

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About time they challenged this half assed BS, name me a Republican President, apart from Lincoln, who ever won a war? All the big ones were under Democratic Presidents. When Time published my letter to that effect no one challenged it.

I guess old George has his lucid moments occasionally.

I didn't know that JFK, and LBJ were republicans ??

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I didn't know that JFK, and LBJ were republicans ??

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Didnt know JFK lost a war. His major challenge was the Cuban missile crisis, and he did ok there. Bay of Pigs was a mess on the other hand, but that wasn't an American war either.
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Old 02-09-2012, 01:08 PM
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I didn't know that JFK, and LBJ were republicans ??

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The question was to name a Republican who won a war. How is that responsive?

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