tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post7329336860778004349..comments2023-06-13T03:10:33.627-07:00Comments on Neocon Latina: Three Things Obama Said Tonight That Spoke VolumesNeocon Latinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08893457493573223449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-7641870325196287272008-10-08T20:11:00.000-07:002008-10-08T20:11:00.000-07:00What Gates actually said about the war on terror i...What Gates actually said about the war on terror in his most recent speech:<BR/><BR/><I>What is dubbed the war on terror is, in grim reality, a <B>prolonged, world-wide</B> irregular campaign – a struggle between the forces of violent extremism and moderation.</I><BR/><A>http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1279</A><BR/><BR/>In other words, Gates correctly noted that the war on terror is worldwide and has no end in sight. This is directly contrary to what Obama said. What a surprise. But go ahead, vote for The One -- he will "end" the war on terror.Neocon Latinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893457493573223449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-5072666544674672382008-10-08T09:59:00.000-07:002008-10-08T09:59:00.000-07:00Really I have better things to be doing, but I was...Really I have better things to be doing, but I was correct about McCain.<BR/><BR/>Newsday, November 27, 2007<BR/><BR/>Headline: "McCain slams Rudy on Iraq"<BR/><BR/>Second two paragraphs of the story read as follows:<BR/><BR/>McCain (R-Ariz.), trailing in the presidential polls and seeking a surge of his own in the Jan. 8 New Hampshire primary, lobbed the attack on Giuliani on Fox News.<BR/><BR/>"I don't know what experience he has besides a great job after the terrible tragedy of 9/11," McCain said. "He has no national security experience that I know of. He has never been to Iraq." He added, "He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and was either fired or quit."1Peter3:15https://www.blogger.com/profile/14004790644450614068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-19076384759097695422008-10-08T08:38:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:38:00.000-07:00If McCain has said it -- and you've produced no ev...If McCain has said it -- and you've produced no evidence of that -- then it would be equally wrong. But even so, it does not fit together with a larger pattern in the case of McCain.Neocon Latinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893457493573223449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-63622528606889515482008-10-08T08:21:00.000-07:002008-10-08T08:21:00.000-07:00My point on "tragedy" is that is widely used to de...My point on "tragedy" is that is widely used to describe 9/11. If there was an easy way to search all of McCain's debate and town hall utterances, I suspect you would find that he used the same term to describe 9/11. Therefore, it doesn't make sense to make broad conclusions about Obama based on his use of the word unless you are willing to make the same conclusion about other people who use the same word to describe 9/11.1Peter3:15https://www.blogger.com/profile/14004790644450614068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-55580503639000951322008-10-08T07:55:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:55:00.000-07:001peter,1. Bush said it too, therefore it must be ...1peter,<BR/><BR/>1. Bush said it too, therefore it must be ok? That's the argument? You can't be serious.<BR/><BR/>2. I did read the transcript. McCain was unequivocal. "No second Holocaust." "We don't need to wait for the UN." Obama, as I said, talked about cost-benefit analysis, Iran rejoining the international community, negotiating with Ahmadinejad and wait for it ... he won't take the military option "off the table." Ooooooh.... that is scary. Iran must be quaking in its boots.<BR/><BR/>3. I highly doubt Obama was accurately quoting Gates, but here again, so what? Even if it were accurate, it is no defense to a stupid comment to point out that someone else also made the same stupid comment.Neocon Latinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08893457493573223449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-40211732572877882282008-10-08T07:05:00.000-07:002008-10-08T07:05:00.000-07:00First, hats off to John McCain for keeping the deb...First, hats off to John McCain for keeping the debate about the issues.<BR/><BR/>On the word "tragedy," it is commonly used to describe 9/11. I bet you could find McCain using the same word, and President Bush used the word to describe among other things the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians. So I don't think you can read so much into one utterance.<BR/><BR/>On the issue of U.S. troops to defend Israel, neither McCain nor Obama really answered the question. Read the transcript. The closest McCain came to answering is "Let me say that we obviously would not wait for the United Nations Security Council." Obama said "And we will never take military options off the table." <BR/><BR/>On the issue of the war on terrorism, Obama was quoting defense secretary Gates.1Peter3:15https://www.blogger.com/profile/14004790644450614068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-52266492205321208882008-10-08T00:59:00.000-07:002008-10-08T00:59:00.000-07:00An Amen on what nuke said.An Amen on what nuke said.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199711818518754496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4313153277056343323.post-69357750841321737242008-10-07T22:47:00.000-07:002008-10-07T22:47:00.000-07:00nice takenice takeNukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10655841655984913255noreply@blogger.com