Why Obama's "troop surge" will succeed -- and fail

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Wednesday December 02, 2009 · 6:19 PM PST

2009/12/02 · 18:19

Yes, this new "troop surge" will succeed. Yes, it will also fail.

The first thing you have to do is realize what the escalation of troops in Afghanistan is meant to accomplish.

As Rachel Maddow is, as I type, explaining, the entire goal of the surge is to provide enough cover for President Karzai's government that, within 18 months, we can leave and his government is no longer threatened.

MotleyPatriot

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Monday November 30, 2009 · 5:41 PM PST

2009/11/30 · 17:41

Jed Lewison's front page article says it all -- Democratic supporters are unimpressed with the Democratic Party. How else do you explain the fact that only 56% of Democrats say they will vote in 2010?

Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote at this point in time, or have already made the firm decision to remove themselves from the 2010 electorate pool. Indeed, Democrats were three times more likely to say that they will "definitely not vote" in 2010 than are Republicans.

I'm not surprised. You shouldn't be, either.

MotleyPatriot

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Tuesday November 24, 2009 · 8:58 PM PST

2009/11/24 · 20:58

Have you had enough of the lies? The politics? The broken promises?

Have you had enough of the Obama administration providing cover for the Bush cabal, watching as he pushes some of their arguments in court, and trying to implement indefinite detention?

Have you had enough, knowing that Xe, i.e. Blackwater, is still working for the Obama State Department? That the Obama administration worked behind closed doors to undermine REAL health care reform by promising the industry they would be able to retain profits?

Have you simply had enough?

MotleyPatriot

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Sunday November 22, 2009 · 7:06 PM PST

2009/11/22 · 19:06

Plutonium Page has done quite a few articles on Iran's nuclear program arguing that Iran is violating the rules. She correctly notes that 150 countries are members of the IAEA. But, there is another reality, a reality that few are willing to voice, and that reality is that few countries "play by the rules".

The United States is one of the worst at playing by the rules...

MotleyPatriot

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Friday November 20, 2009 · 6:09 PM PST

2009/11/20 · 18:09

It doesn't cease to amaze me that there are Obama apologist's willing to cover anything that he, and his administration, does no matter how bad. What does get me is when someone, in doing so, goes so far as to call into question that it takes a person who, and I quote, states:

It isn't going to be to the liking of a severe civil liberties test.

A "severe liberties" test?

THAT is what this commenter thinks? That our Constitution, and those who wish for it to be enforced, are calling for? A "severe liberties" test?

MotleyPatriot

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Thursday November 19, 2009 · 7:38 PM PST

2009/11/19 · 19:38

If you haven't read Glenn Greenwald's latest, you should. He details how the Obama administration is all about trials for alleged terrorists at Gitmo, when they even occur, that are assured of guilty verdicts.

"'Administration officials say they expect that as many as 40 of the 215 detainees at Guantanamo will be tried in federal court or military commissions . . . . and about 75 more have been deemed too dangerous to release but cannot be prosecuted because of evidentiary issues and limits on the use of classified material' . . . If true, that means that there are 75 so-called 'Fifth Category' detainees who might be subject to indefinite detention without trial" -- The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder, yesterday, quoting The Washington Post.

(crossposted at Docudharma.com)

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Friday November 13, 2009 · 6:37 PM PST

2009/11/13 · 18:37

Once again, we get a rec-listed diary that carries water for President Obama and his administration.

What a shame.

Joe Avarosis at AMERICAblog has detailed repeatedly how the Obama administration has backtracked on campaign promises to the LGBT community.

THAT was a shame -- by President Obama.

Now we get Democrat's working to suppress women's rights, and it doesn't seem like the Obama administration is going to work to bring these people back into line.

THAT is a shame.

But, the real shame lies here, with all of the people who simply do like their conservative counterparts -- look the other way when it's "their" guy.

MotleyPatriot

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Sunday November 08, 2009 · 7:13 PM PST

2009/11/08 · 19:13

The biggest bunch of baloney I've lately at Daily Kos is this tripe of a diary; Stop Blaming Rahm.

On the rec list, 150 people agree.

Who do you think advises President Obama on his actions if NOT his Chief of Staff, one Rahm Emmanuel.

CANDIDATE Obama spoke out, forcibly, for MANY issues. PRESIDENT Obama seems not ABLE to speak out, lest, he might actually put his neck on a political block over an issue.

Who do you think is responsible for that change?

MotleyPatriot

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Thursday November 05, 2009 · 1:43 PM PST

2009/11/05 · 13:43

Jerome a Paris put a lot of time into his diary debunking what he claims is a conspiracy theory about a pipeline in the Middle East. He covers it all; costs, risks, construction, etc.

In spite of all he covered, he is wrong. He's wrong because he covered everything except the most important part of getting a pipeline into place.

So, let's go over it...

MotleyPatriot

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Monday November 02, 2009 · 3:48 PM PST

2009/11/02 · 15:48

Yes, I am referring to this diary on the rec list.

She's been buying and selling the Rec List for some time now. Now, I want to draw a distinction between Hamsher and the people she employs. Some of them are all right. However their work sometimes crosses the line into that which isn't that helpful.

Because if you simply aren't going to be a cheerleader and "be helpful", well, obviously you aren't... what? A Democrat? A Liberal? Or welcome anymore?

Does the truth even matter anymore? It doesn't seem like it when Glenn Greenwald and even Amy Goodman get attacked because they simply report the truth.

MotleyPatriot

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Wednesday October 28, 2009 · 9:05 PM PDT

2009/10/28 · 21:05

Commoditize This has a rec'd diary up on how unfair it is to call out President Obama.

The argument goes, that we are missing all the good things he's done.

- He called Faux News a bad name - Lily Ledbetter Act among others

But, hey, how about what else he's done?

MotleyPatriot

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Wednesday October 21, 2009 · 6:05 PM PDT

2009/10/21 · 18:05

My wife's company is one that still has health benefits. They don't provide health care plans for free, but, they do pay 50% of the premiums. This year, her company spent $16 million dollars in their share of premium costs. Next year, that will figure will double, as will our premium rates under Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

If you read my reply to Rep. Joe "You Lie" Wilson, you know that he is one of the GOP politicians against health care reform that helps Americans. I received a reply to that email. It was blank. Utterly and totally blank.

If you can, go to this link at Firedoglake and help Jane Hamsher by signing her petition.

Now... what is going on with my health care premium...

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