Obama is a weak leader. That's simply a fact. Deal with it.
And JL, I don't hate anyone. I just think you are a hypocritical racist, that's all.
Condoleezza Rice needs to try and sell raising taxes to play for all this might that leadership requires.How can Rice be blamed for Odumbo driving off the track and burning fuel towing his Fantasy Island of "Hope and Change"?
She got to sell her might without folks crying about the deficit. Let her run for office and see what tune she sings. Poor girl is actually part of the problem. She is like a race car driver running out front and never drafting and then bitching about how slow the other driver is driving the car she left with no gas. Originally Posted by WTF
How can Rice be blamed for Odumbo driving off the track and burning fuel towing his Fantasy Island of "Hope and Change"? Originally Posted by I B HankeringThe problem with Condi's assessment is that it is a whole new eco system we are living in. Russia is not near as weak as when she was in the game. We are not near as strong. Some of that has to do with Condi.
The problem with Condi's assessment is that it is a whole new eco system we are living in. Russia is not near as weak as when she was in the game. We are not near as strong. Some of that has to do with Condi.
Very hard to compare decades....what might once have worked , may no longer be an option because of events.
I really hate to assign blame....it is what it is in terms of reality. In reality the Ruskie's did not want us in Afgan but the reality was we were coming and they did not have the cards to stop us.
This is a big poker game and we all know what the other player has....we have a weak hand in terms to Eastern Europe. We have a pretty strong hand in terms of say Mexico. Russia tried to plant a flag there, there might be trouble for them.
When the price of oil collapsed Russia was fucked....not any more. The trick is how far Russia wants to go. Europe is going to have to get on board. It is not all up to us. If the Europeans do not want to fight for their own country...I see no reason why we should. Originally Posted by WTF
The problem with Condi's assessment is that it is a whole new eco system we are living in. Russia is not near as weak as when she was in the game. We are not near as strong. Some of that has to do with Condi.Even if the Europeans want to fight, I see no reason why we should, anyway.
Very hard to compare decades....what might once have worked , may no longer be an option because of events.
I really hate to assign blame....it is what it is in terms of reality. In reality the Ruskie's did not want us in Afgan but the reality was we were coming and they did not have the cards to stop us.
This is a big poker game and we all know what the other player has....we have a weak hand in terms to Eastern Europe. We have a pretty strong hand in terms of say Mexico. Russia tried to plant a flag there, there might be trouble for them.
When the price of oil collapsed Russia was fucked....not any more. The trick is how far Russia wants to go. Europe is going to have to get on board. It is not all up to us. If the Europeans do not want to fight for their own country...I see no reason why we should. Originally Posted by WTF
The problem with Condi's assessment is that it is a whole new eco system we are living in. Russia is not near as weak as when she was in the game. We are not near as strong. That is exactly the point Rice was making! Some of that has to do with Condi. Projecting weakness has been Odumbo's forte.Posted this humorous "golf analogy" for you to read in another thread:
Very hard to compare decades....what might once have worked , may no longer be an option because of events. Maybe Odumbo should have thought about that before he and others -- like Odumbo's benefactor, Soros -- started shaking that tree in Ukraine.
I really hate to assign blame....it is what it is in terms of reality. In reality the Ruskie's did not want us in Afgan but the reality was we were coming and they did not have the cards to stop us.
This is a big poker game and we all know what the other player has....we have a weak hand in terms to Eastern Europe. Again, had Odumbo, et al, been planning ahead when they started shaking that tree in Ukraine, they wouldn't have been surprised when a big O' Russian bear fell out. We have a pretty strong hand in terms of say Mexico. Russia tried to plant a flag there, there might be trouble for them.
When the price of oil collapsed Russia was fucked....not any more. The trick is how far Russia wants to go. See below. Europe is going to have to get on board. It is not all up to us. If the Europeans do not want to fight for their own country...I see no reason why we should. Originally Posted by WTF