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Obama: U.S. 'will never falter' in pursuit of al-Qaida

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"After leaving the Pentagon, the president and first lady toured a Habitat for Humanity housing development in Washington and pitched in by painting a living room."

This is true to Obama's stated belief days after the attack that the perpetrators of 9-11 were "embittered children sown of poverty."

He's fighting terrorism the best way he knows how,painting walls as a community organizer.

It's called leadership.

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seijichuu: Aside from some pretty poor cherry picking from the thread, are you saying that taking the time to help paint walls at Habitat for Humanity is a bad thing? We all know, again despite your cherry picking, that that wasn't how he was 'battling AQ'.... or wait... do you honestly think that's how he was fighting terrorism?

Read my comments on a post of yours yesterday where I said you are unable to read things correctly (or just the worst 'spinner' ever).

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Talk is cheap. President Obama has been so obsessed with health care and the economy during his first eight months in office that he hasn't given the military situations in Iraq and Afghanistan but a fraction of the time and effort he should, aided and abetted for the most part til very recently by a fawning media that didn't pursue the issues.

But then again, since President Obama knows virtually nothing about military matters, I guess we shouldn't be overly surprised by his inattention and inaction.

It's easier just to continue pretending that you're on the campaign trail where everything seemed so easy....

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@Pathat,

Would you rather McCain be President? The only experience he had was being a bad soldier. Only Republicans can call someone a hero for being caught. At least not having a military background can help to make more rational decisions about Al Qaida. The last President was also another Republican with a pathetic military record. Look what happened to him and the war he started.

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pathat: "President Obama has been so obsessed with health care and the economy during his first eight months in office that he hasn't given the military situations in Iraq and Afghanistan but a fraction of the time and effort he should..."

True, in part, but lest we forget that one of the reasons that it's been an 'issue' in the forefront for so long is because of partisan politics and Obama having to constantly change and defend the thing. Trust me, when it gets passed later this year it'll be on to other things (I'd say 'bigger and better', but no way the wars are better things). He can't give up on health care now while it's in the spot light and near being achieved. It's also an issue, unfortunately, of 'success' vs. 'failure', and so politically he has to focus on it becoming his first big success.

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We've been faltering and we''re still faltering. Somebody tell him what's up.

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We will falter as we have been faltering because we are too busy spending time trying to finding excuses as to why they did this. We'll never win any war by kissing up.

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May they rest in peace.

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Every year this time, I learn of at least one more friend or perished. last night it was two. I hope my blood boils down tomorrow.

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"Trust me, when it gets passed later this year it'll be on to other things (I'd say 'bigger and better', but no way the wars are better things)." says smithinjapan.

Like what? You try to make yourself sound so expert.But look what happened to your kooky rightwing Komeito heroes (I capitalize the name only because their party is so obscure many here wouldn't otherwise know what I refer to ha ha ha) in the recent election.

It is going to be an ordeal.I am worried about inter-party strife.House Democrats were asked to fall on their swords for cap and trade.I think many of them want the Senate Democrats to step up on health care.

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@Molenir

I won't bother with the rest of what you had to say, you're either trolling or merely an idiot.

You are the biggest idiot on this forum. You have been shown to be incorrect almost everytime you type.

You can't address the rest of what I said because it is correct. Like, I said McCain despite being in the military, he would not have been a good commander in chief because his military record showed he was incompetent. Just like George Bush Jr. Both Republicans, both military incompetent and both not qualified to make serious decisions.

President Obama has already shown he has the ability to make good decisions in the face of adversity.

Troll that!

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The thing that upsets about the whole 911 incident is it is being slowly Americanized. Initially, this process was done by President Bush wrapping himself in the flag (and diverting criticism from critics). However, over time the international media have bought into this same argument. As such, you turn on the TV and it is America this and America that. It is simply wrong.

The attack on the World Trade Center in particular was a challenge being thrown down by Osama Bin Laden to civilization in general. Of the thousands killed on 911, many were not American citizens, but rather foreign nationals working in the two towers. Brits, Australians, Japanese, etc. People from all over the world. A lot of people now forget this fact.

Moreover, the mass media has promoted this image. This also is fundamentally wrong. The war on terrorism and the challenge of extremist Islam is something that endangers people of many different races and nationalities. Sure it is the US who are humping the majority of responsibility for tracking down Osama, but to think of the conflict in Afghanistan as "America's War" only impacting America is wrong. When those clowns in the planes rammed the WTC, they were laying down the gauntlet to all people, not just Uncle Sam. We should not forget that fact.

RIP.

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it is being slowly Americanized" You don't think that could be due that many people blame us for every problem in the mid east because we support Israel? Also, if all they were doing was looking for an international target, they could have hit a least a dozen other places and a lot easier. I would prefer it clearly be an international war on terror, but you have to admit a lot of other countries basically sat on the side lines and accepted the brutality that has happened to them and instead simply hoped it doesn't happen again at the same time blame America.

Since we are on the subject of how it is termed, I actually have a problem with it being a war on terror and not called a war against radical Islam.

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I don´t even want to start parsing what is wrong with this idiotic statement from Obama.

The inmates are truly running the asylum now...

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pathat

But then again, since President Obama knows virtually nothing about military matters, I guess we shouldn't be overly surprised by his inattention and inaction.

And his predesessor knew that much more with campaigning for his father and friends.

So many people forget the humor that was lost with president george bush looking under trash cans in his Oval Office looking for Ossama bin Laden.

Then Barack Obama is held to levels that republicans never held President george bush. < :-)

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skip: "We will falter as we have been faltering because we are too busy spending time trying to finding excuses as to why they did this. We'll never win any war by kissing up."

Clearly your emotional, as exemplified by the post following the one I quote. That's fine... you should be -- it was a horrible event and unprecedented in terms of destruction and loss of life in terrorism. However, you should not let the anger and sadness bar objectivity and sound reason. Finding out WHY this happened and 'kissing a$$' are not at all the same thing, and while the latter is merely what I think is your subjective judgement on what is clearly improving relations, the former is necessary if you don't want a repeat of what happened. Simply going out and "kicking a$$!", as someone might want when their blood is boiling. Simply rushing in and killing everyone for the actions of a few (because you're angry) isn't really much different than 9/11. Sorry, but it's true.

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seijichuu: "Like what?"

Like everything else that's being legislated, and including more focus on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Boy that was a stupid question.

"You try to make yourself sound so expert.But look what happened to your kooky rightwing Komeito heroes (I capitalize the name only because their party is so obscure many here wouldn't otherwise know what I refer to ha ha ha) in the recent election."

Dude, does your comment have ANYTHING to do with the thread? Go ahead and troll all you want, I couldn't care less what you think of the Komeito. Do try to keep the inane rantings to Komeito-related (or at least Japanese politics) threads, though.

"It is going to be an ordeal.I am worried about inter-party strife.House Democrats were asked to fall on their swords for cap and trade.I think many of them want the Senate Democrats to step up on health care."

Ah.. so this little tid-bit at the end was added to be 'on-topic', I see. Well, the 'inner-strife' you worry about is already alive and well, hence all the Republican whining about the bill, and outbursts by others during presidential speeches (not infighting, but I'm getting to that). Said outburst has members of the Republican party infighting -- if only against the man -- and Dems are of course disagreeing on elements of the health care bill. I'm sure they'll step up and pass the bill within the year.

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@Skip: Terrorists did find other international targets. For example the Madrid twin train bombings and the London Tube bombings. Neither has a direct Al Qaida connection but were both inspired by 9/11. You are right, it's not the "war on al qaida", it's "the war on terror" but Al Qaida is the biggest fish.

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Methinks we'd be much further along in the fight against Al Qaeda if Homeland Security boss Jan Napolitano hadn't antagonized our allies.Blaming Canada for allowing many of the 19 terrorists into North America didn't help things.I swear sometimes she was like a rove plant or something.

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Simply going out and "kicking a$$!", as someone might want when their blood is boiling. Simply rushing in and killing everyone for the actions of a few (because you're angry) isn't really much different than 9/11. Sorry, but it's true." Well, it worked before, didn't it? Look, all groups of people have had to do something like that to basically secure their live. Be they mafias, gangs, armies, what not. that was the way it was done to the Nazis, the Japanese, the KKK. Never going soft. the soft approach doesn't seem to work, and that is sad to say but the truth.

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As far as I'm concerned, Bin Laden has won. While Americans were hooting, waving their flags and congratulating themselves on "mission accomplished," through very little effort on his part, he's succeeded in bankrupting the US economy.

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Then Barack Obama is held to levels that republicans never held President george bush. < :-)

But then Bush didn't go around releasing sensitive information that could get people killed. And he didn't try to prosecute individuals whose crime was trying to save American lives. Oddly enough, Obama is guilty of both. Higher standard? No, definitely not.

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“will never falter”

The U.S already faltered, and all ready fell, and is staring deep into the abyss and has put a band aide over its wounds hoping to hide them but they will fester and puss and spew their infection all over the world again. Thats what you get for borrowing like a maniac and lending like a fool to pay for a wars that need not be fought.

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[Aside from some pretty poor cherry picking from the thread, are you saying that taking the time to help paint walls at Habitat for Humanity is a bad thing?] --- Oh please Mr.Smith if you can't see what this was an illustration of then you must be really blind. Can't get you head around parallel yet can ya? Obama should be criticized because we really don't know why he has all these FLIP FLOPS promising the liberal crowd that all will change but here in the story we find that well really he just wants to tow the line on it all and let the liberal crowd like yourself to still be able to blame it all on Repubs for leaving him in the heat of it all. Well he's dealing with it just like any Repub would do. You'll see no change in the war on Terror/Radical Islam or whatever people want to call it. And is Gitmo gone now? It's been a while since I checked.

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Molenir

But then Bush didn't go around releasing sensitive information that could get people killed.

And that information is?

You fail to remember that george bush released plenty of information that got 100,000s killed. he released lies. he fabricated lies. he sent Colin Powell to the UN to shpw photoshop pictures of false information.

Information that george bush released got lots of people. Not might get people killed, but actual bodybags filled. < :-)

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At least the man is working. I think at this point in Bush's presidency he was just a couple days off his second or third vacation. Anyone know how many days Obama has taken off?

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Honestly, I wish the man would take more vacations. The country would be better off.

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But then Bush didn't go around releasing sensitive information that could get people killed.

Hey, didnt bush and cheney out a CIA agent a while ago. How many lives did that cost?

How many Americans have died based on the fake invasion of Iraq? How many Iraqi's?

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Hey, didnt bush and cheney out a CIA agent a while ago. How many lives did that cost?

Not a single one. Surprisingly, she was in the phone book and both she and her husband bragged to their friends about her being a CIA agent. Thus, she was not undercover.

How many Americans have died based on the fake invasion of Iraq? How many Iraqi's?

Fake? Really? If that was fake, I'd like to see what you would consider to be a real invasion.

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