Unusual Democratic Praise for Bush on Troop Surge
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
It doesn't happen often, but an influential Senate Democrat has given former President Bush credit for overruling his ground commanders and approving the Iraq troop surge. "Bush made the right decision, as it turned out," said Sen. Carl Levin, the Armed Services Committee chairman, who opposed the surge. Levin made the comment in defense of President Obama's drawn-out review of Afghanistan war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal's new strategy and troop surge request. "Taking time to deliberate is appropriate," said Levin. Bush took months, and shifted his war command, during his deliberation. Levin sounded hopeful that Obama might break with McChrystal on the troop issue the way Bush did with Gen. George Casey, who didn't want as many new troops as Bush eventually approved in the surge. He also used the Bush example to push back on GOP efforts to haul McChrystal before Congress to testify about his plan before Obama decides. "We never tried to call in General Casey," said Levin.
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Call a spade a spade
What crap! The so called troop-surge is just another Frank Luntz type euphemism for ramp up the violence. Another example of this blatant word-smithing is changing the tile of THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR to the Defense Department. Our military hasn't "defended" us from anything since I was born (1938).
What we've had is a constant call to wars by an imperialistic war-mongering group of Wall Street bankers who profit immensely by using our sons and daughters as cannon fodder in their pursuit of wealth.
For all those who love America and our troops
As a matter of record, I had similar armour problems and misfiring rifles during the Johnson era. Guess what, we learned to fight with them anyway, and we did put our lives on the line for this nation and freedom.
Pres. Bush was not around in those days for liberals to kick around. We had the protesters, the same lefties now advising obama~! Pres. Johnson lost the war for us, as did Nixon.
WE need to stand firm, when we make commitments to fight or forget about making commitments and find ourselves vaporized by terrorists who will fight for their ideas...
Pres. Obama is commander in chief...he had better think of his soldiers and Marines and Navy people and Air Force before those advisors who never served their nation in combat.
Get a life, liberal weaklings. I still believe in America and freedom, because I saw the ravages of socialism and Marxism!
David of ca your wrong and weak and typical ....
Grow a pair of stones, your the perfect example of the losers He's talking about. Weak, big mouth ca liberals. Keep quiet,your not a man! Your probably still taking orders from your mother you j-boy loser. GO BACK IN THE CLOSET.
OBAMA IS NOT TRANSPARENT AND HE IS FAILING OUR TROOPS.
OF COURSE LEVIN NOW AGREES WITH BUSH, PROBLEM IS THEY NOW HAVE OBAMA THE INCOMPETENT.
FOX
FOX
FOX
FOX NEWS, A LIBERALS WORST NIGHTMARE BESIDES THEMSELVES
DAVID YOUR A WOMAN, A TYPICAL LIBERAL.
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