At Least It Rhymes Better than 'Iraq'
(Be Afraid • Politics)
And it’s one, two, three, what are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
the next stop isVietnamIraqAfghanistan.
And it’s five, six, seven, open up the Pearly Gates.
There ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We’re all going to die!
It was easier – far easier – for the Obamaites to succumb to the imagined future Republican taunts of “chickenshit” than think about the next 5,000 American mothers (and fathers) crying quietly in their homes after receiving news that (most often) their son was blown up by an IED while protecting the interests of one of the world’s biggest heroin cartels.
I’d hoped for a giant, but kept my expectations very low. Thus, although the nation is once again more screwed than ever and my meager hope is again dashed, I cannot say I am disappointed because I totally anticipated the big figurative mound of dog shit we have collectively been herded into.
→ B.Dunn, Dec 01, 2009, 07 50 pm
Obama stated that he would pull troops from Iraq and increase troops in Afghanistan multiple times during the campaign.
Is there a reason that your expectations should be different than Obama’s pronouncements?
— David Dec 2, 12:08 am #
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Hopes and expectations are two different things.
I had hoped that Obama would listen to his vice president (and even George Will) and decide not to pour more American lives down another rat hole.
My expectations, however, were entirely in keeping with the costly and foolish decision Obama just made.
By the way, the president already had increased troops in Afghanistan previous to this latest pronouncement. And our soldiers still are in Iraq ready to catch a bomb in the chest at any moment.
— bob Dec 2, 04:13 am #
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I know our President talked about the need for more attention in Afghanistan during the campaign, so I shouldn’t be surprised by his announcement last night.
But he’s broken other campaign promises (e.g., Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell), so I was kinda hoping he would break this one as well.
If you didn’t watch the speech, but instead simply read the transcript, you would probably think the speech was made by Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, or George Bush.
Another disappointment by the man we elected. This is why is popularity is sinking.
— Robert Williamson Dec 2, 06:19 am #
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