Dumbo and the Middle East

paul87920 · **Joined:** Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:55 am **Posts:** 499

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happy jack · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:32 am **Posts:** 3789

paul87920 wrote:

Israel is not the 51st state. One of these days they're going to have to learn to stand on their own.

No, but they're our only reliable ally in the cesspool that is the Middle East. I'd hate to see them abandoned.

paul87920 wrote:

Why the hell not? Why can't we just sit back and watch them exhaust every last bit of their resources destroying each other?

I suppose we could, if you want to spend the rest of your life riding a bicycle.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:55 pm

'Weakness' in USA

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 4:07 pm

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

'Weakness' in USA

This article cites the thoughts of Mohamed A. El-Erian...

freetime · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:48 pm

Right now I'm listening to Sean Hannity saying Obama "bungled" the situation in Egypt.
WTF? Our puppet Mubarek, the dictator and crook, is out and the people are still celebrating in the streets.
Hannity was pretty desperate. He was talking to a Fox reporter in Egypt and trying to get him to find unhappy residents. The reporter couldn't, and oops. He got cut off.
Now he's got another guy on who has polls meant to supporet Hannity's position. NO doubt Hannity will have his audience biting their fingernails down to the quick before his show is over.
Oh no, another guy is on and he's trying to tell Hannity the uprising in Egypt is not religious. Hannity is giving him the business. He apparently thinks we should have put down the revolution, and kept Mubarek in power. "We have to fight for liberty and freedom." Yeah, right.
I tlooks like to me we got the best possible outcome from this situation. I think Obama handled this very well.
Now he's comparing Mubarek's replacement to Hitler. I can't take any more. I've got to change the station.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:08 pm

freetime wrote:

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-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:21 pm

freetime wrote:

I tlooks like to me we got the best possible outcome from this situation. I think Obama handled this very well.

You are insane to claim victory this early.

Let's hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

But to expect that from the O'Bama administration, it is like believing in Santa Clause or The Easter Bunny.

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:02 am

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

it is like believing in Santa Clause or The Easter Bunny.

Like this?

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:07 am

chuckmo48 wrote:

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

it is like believing in Santa Clause or The Easter Bunny.

Like this?

Iraq is a lot closer to being a successful democracy in the middle east than Egypt is.

Let's see how Barry handles it if a coalition government is formed and the Muslim Brotherhood is part of it and tries to seize control.

If this whole thing falls into control by fundamentalist (like Iran did under Carter's Administration) will you face the fact that Dumbo is an empty suit and an incompetent boob?

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:11 am

freetime wrote:

WTF? Our puppet Mubarek, the dictator and crook, is out and the people are still celebrating in the streets.

So why did Barry go visit him on June 3, 2009?

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 12:24 am

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

So why did Barry go visit him on June 3, 2009?

He is not the first to visit an "enemy"

Quote:

Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:02 am

chuckmo48 wrote:

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

So why did Barry go visit him on June 3, 2009?

He is not the first to visit an "enemy"

Quote:

Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983.

Wow!

You really don't see any difference between sending an envoy and the President of the US showing up in person?

I can see how liberal blinders that are that effective in overlooking inequities are necessary for O'Bama voters.

paul87920 · **Joined:** Wed Nov 15, 2006 2:55 am **Posts:** 499

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-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Sun Feb 13, 2011 5:47 pm

paul87920 wrote:

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

Let's hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

Is that what we're really doing? I thought we were supposed to be licking our lips and hoping for total disaster. You know, get Obama out at any cost.

Well I certainly would NOT call mob rule, followed by the military taking over, any form of democracy.

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