Washblog

Senator Obama still cannot quite bring himself to admit his own failure in judgment. Nor has he been willing to heed the guidance of General Petraeus, or to listen to our troops on the ground when they say -- as they have said to me on my trips to Iraq: "Let us win, just let us win." Instead, Senator Obama commits the greater error of insisting that even in hindsight, he would oppose the surge. Even in retrospect, he would choose the path of retreat and failure for America over the path of success and victory. In short, both candidates in this election pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference is that I intend to win it first.

Behind all of these claims and positions by Senator Obama lies the ambition to be president. What's less apparent is the judgment to be commander in chief. And in matters of national security, good judgment will be at a premium in the term of the next president -- as we were all reminded ten days ago by events in the nation of Georgia.

Calling common sense and human compassion "retreat and failure" reveals the kind of dumb political and military thinking that wasted so much of humanity during my military years.

Of course he's talking blood and guts now because he needs the killing to continue.

He thinks being president is limited primarily to turning domestic issues over to surrogates while his job is to dress up and pretend he's a military genius as a commander-in-chief;

revealing that his is a bushwhacking minor mind. He also reveals that he is willing to order soldiers to their deaths and send trrops as well as naval and air weapons against innocent civilians because his highest priority is not the American public, republic, or global well-being, but rather his own ego.

How about treason against humanity "Johnny Hot Guns?"

Arthur
You sure you ain't staking too much on yer theories? Not enough common sense?