Afghanistan, U.S. economy: Obama woes
Lewis DiuguidPresident Barack Obama tried Tuesday to pretty up a bad situation, saying “we can see the light of a new day” in the war in Afghanistan.
Sarah Palin would call that putting lipstick on a pig. What new day? What light?
Afghanistan is as bright and hopeful as the U.S. economy, which will be another nail in the tire of Obama’s presidential bandwagon. Can’t you hear the flop, flop, flopping sound of that bad Obama bandwagon tire?
The president stole into Afghanistan late Tuesday to ink a far-reaching agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The post-911, 10 years of U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan already has made it the longest war in U.S. history.
The exit is supposed to happens in 2014. But in Afghanistan, expect the unexpected like the bombing that followed the president’s visit there.
Meanwhile, people back home will continue to pick up the pieces in servicemen and servicewomen killed, badly injured or mentally harmed or unemployed because of the war.
The pullout should occur now.
Kent Mueller
1 year agoWhat’s up with your reference to Palin?
Why would you say that is what Palin would say? Palin never referenced putting lipstick on a pig. That is what Obama said McCain and Palin were doing. Did you know that? If you did, what sense does the reference make when she didn’t say it?
This might be a surprise, but Palin also never said that she could see Russia from her porch.
George Hunsucker
Northland
1 year agoAdd this to the list of the big ZERO’s “accomplishments”…
Once more caving to China. I wondered if he will bow over this?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/02/us-officials-defend-decision-to-shelter-chinese-activist-amid-call-for-apology/
Kent Mueller
1 year agoCan anyone else make sense of the reference to Palin? Why would anyone think she would say that? She never said that before, that was said about her by Obama.
I’m thinking Lewis’ extreme dislike for Palin caused him to reference her in a way that misrepresents her, with her having never said that. Besides alluding to her in a discussion about exiting Afghanistan is pretty strange.
George Hunsucker
Northland
1 year agoA lack of FACTS never prevents lewis from writing Kent….