Comments on: Obama Too Scared to Visit Troops in Baghdad

By: Sterling Greenwood

Sterling Greenwood — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:34:22 +0000

Yes, they were called “military advisors,” early on. I had forgot that.
Thank you for the clarification.
Sterling Greenwood

By: loboinok

loboinok — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:23:40 +0000

...committed the first U.S. troops to Vietnam. If memory serves there were 5,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam when Kennedy took office. Are you sure that you aren't conflating "U.S. troops" with 'U.S. Military Advisors'?

By: Sterling Greenwood

Sterling Greenwood — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:16:00 +0000

Check again. Eisenhower, who campaigned on the promise to make peace in Korea (which he did) and whom I admired greatly, committed the first U.S. troops to Vietnam. If memory serves there were 5,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam when Kennedy took office. But Johnson, a liberal, escalated troop levels to nearly half a million; and his Texas friends which manufactured weapons, the Brown brothers ie Brown & Root, now Kellogg Brown & Root owned by Haliburton at the time of Shock and Awe, got rich. There’s no doubt Dems have taken us into a few wars. Wilson, WWI, Roosevelt WW2, Truman, Korea to name a few. Dems were linked with wars to the extent that Republicans campaigned against Kennedy in ‘60 saying his election would be tantamount to taking us into a war somewhere in hopes of stimulating the economy. Well, Johnson fulfilled that GOP prophecy.
Sterling Greenwood
Aspen Free Press

By: Rosemary's Thoughts

Rosemary's Thoughts — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:17:15 +0000

Video: Vets4Freedom have a question of Obama…

Well, Sen. Obama, if you will meet with a country who is murdering our men and women in uniform trying their best to protect your backside, why can’t you listen our Generals and our Men on the ground?…

By: Because I'm Right

Because I'm Right — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:34:28 +0000

Barack Obama: Who Needs First Hand Knowledge?…

John McCain’s recent invite to Barack Obama to join him in a trip to Iraq was a pretty smart move, highlighting as it does the fact that Obama hasn’t set foot inside the war zone in over two years. And those years have been eventful ones in which the…

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:39:52 +0000

Maybe you are right Amber. Sadly, Obama is too scared to put together his own trip on his own terms.

By: Amber Culbertson-Faegre

Amber Culbertson-Faegre — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:44:39 +0000

While I think it would be good for Obama to visit Iraq, I think a visit with McCain would be a travesty.

MCCain is just a baby-bush, and we remember how well the last awful political stunt Bush pulled went.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/28/mission.accomplished/

By: Brujo Blanco

Brujo Blanco — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:03:59 +0000

Communist ideology called for the destruction of the US and our way of life. Keep in mind that the Democrats were the ones that committed combat troops to Viet Nam not the Republicans. It was a liberal idea at the time.

By: Sterling Greenwood

Sterling Greenwood — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:35 +0000

I’m surprised McCain didn’t suggest that Obama accompany him to Vietnam, too. After all, McCain’s still trying to sell us that unjust war, even though the most notable thing did over there was get caught — hardly an act of heroism when compared to the really valid war-time heroics of Audie Murphy and Alvin York, neither of whom tried to make political hay from serving their country.
Sterling Greenwood
Aspen Free Press

By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » McCain Asks Obama To Visit Iraq With Him - Update: Obama Turns Down Trip

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:52:41 +0000

[...] Stop the ACLU puts it bluntly: No doubt the Maverick painted Obama into a corner on this one, and Obama decided the least damage would be done by appeasing to his anti-war base and remaining in his ignorant bliss of surrender. The left are trying to spin it as some kind of genius move, but its a predictable, typically pathetic weasel move we have come to expect from the coward. [...]