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Comments
Nubrick 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Bin Laden is dead 2.0!!! Egypt is Brotherhood Arab Spring !! Libya is Brotherhood!!!! Long live Barack H.0!
Nubrick 4 months, 2 weeks ago
This opinion writer does not realize that this is Obama's intentions for the Muslim organizations. Hagel would be a nice addition for his operation Brotherhood Arab Spring.
Liberty275 4 months, 2 weeks ago
He was embarrassing in his testimony. He should be a man of iron, Vietnam vet, 2 purple hearts. That he was so easily rattled by a few senators shows real weakness. I imagine 20 years ago he could have done a better job.
Obama should look around some more.
50YearResident 4 months, 2 weeks ago
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wounded_soldier 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The reason we have problems with terrorists is so simple I can't believe we haven't talked about it. Our support for Israeli expansion in the West Bank is part of the problem. We need to take a stand and say "no more". But we don't because the Israeli lobbies in the US are so strong, congresspeople are afraid to offend them and lose the millions of dollars of campaign funds they give. Our Congress' first concern is not American problems or solving them, but Israel. Chuck Hagel, a good man for "Defence" is being harrassed because he looks at Israel in a different light and that makes him suspect.
Let the American people, who are the most magnanamous people on earth, live their lives without constant reminder of the problems Israel faces because of her existence. I don't have a problem with her existence, but I do with her ideas of expansion to the West Bank, then to Lebanon and then to Syria (they just bombed Syria because Syria is "an existential threat to Israel": Really? They are wrapped up in a civil war and then they are going to attack the great powerful Israel with American backing? I don't think so!
jhawkinsf 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, yes, wounded. You're now all too familiar theme. Everything in the Middle East is Israel's fault, as if it was the land of wine and roses prior to 1948. As if the troubles in the hills of Afghanistan began with Israel. As the disputes between Sunnis and Shiites began with Israel.
Then the problems here are because we support Israel. That pothole on Mass. St. is Israel's fault. Thank you for once again bringing this to our attention. Again. Again.
jack22 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The creation of Israel did not cause the political instability in the Middle East, but it certainly adds to it. It's disingenuous to think that by adding more than 3.5 million new religious fanatics and racists from all over the world to an already volatile region hasn't helped exasperate the problems that have traditionally existed there. Just as slavery and racism have existed since the beginning of our own countries founding, if after our own Civil War we allowed a few million white supremacists to arm themselves and take over a country like Jamaica or Haiti we would have added significantly to the problems that exist there. Although I agree that Israel did not create the potholes on Mass. St., I do think it would add to the pothole problem if we allowed hundreds of thousands of new vehicles from all over the world to take over our roads every year.
Liberty275 4 months, 2 weeks ago
That's exactly why we have to support Israel. If we don't, Israel is going to panic and wipe out half the mideast. As long as we support them, they listen to us and don't bomb Tehran or Cairo. Obama has been weak in support of Israel and the attacks on Syria are starting already with impunity. We could have stopped that attack, but we are making Israel choose to defend with sabre rattling air strikes itself instead of counting on America to just act like their big bully so people will leave them alone.
You said it yourself. The Arab world is in turmoil and would fare badly against Israel.
Frankly, Israel has shown great restraint. A decade ago there were hit daily by terrorist attacks and so they bulldozed a few cities and blew up some buildings. We get hit once and pretty soon we are own Afghanistan.
weiser 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Give a few more billion to Egypt, "stop the war on terror!" "Lead from behind"..... aka Hussein Obama.
Cant_have_it_both_ways 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Hillary has done a fine job. She and Obama might as well fly over there sit cross legged and sing Kum-by-yah. We are in deep do do at this point. Not only has our President blessed our children with additional debt, but he is assuring them that many will get issued desert cammies, a boom stick and a power of attorney.
Liberty275 4 months, 2 weeks ago
It looks like we can't blame alquiada for the Turkey bomb. That is looking like some left-wing extremist group.
I like Obama's idea of just using drones to pound known terrorists involved with organizations that attack America.
What is the most dangerous job in the world? Alquaida's second in command. If they decentralize, we'll just have to build more drones.
Liberty275 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Have you told the president?
jhawkinsf 4 months, 2 weeks ago
He's part of the conspiracy. As was Bush and Clinton before him when he sent cruise missiles in to kill Bin Laden. Bush the elder was in on it too. So was Reagan. Congress is in on the conspiracy as is the Supreme Court, I mean good God have you seen the rulings they've been making. Yes, our entire government has been set up for the benefit of the military industrial complex. The CIA brought down the twin towers and they killed JFK too. Thank you KansasLiberal for your astute insight.
jhawkinsf 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Any comment that includes AL-CIAda is worthy of mockery. Sorry if you don't see that.
If the entire government had been set up to benefit the military industrial complex, as you suggest, I wonder what the war on poverty is all about. Or Social Security, or Medicare, or Medicaid, etc. Yes, the military industrial complex is part of it. But nowhere near the entire government as you say.
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