Comments on: Liberals, Libya, and Obama

By: Sergey

Sergey — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:34:26 +0000

Daniel Pipes is rather optimistic:
“Obama’s rapid shedding of his own ideas and his adoption of Bush’s policies suggests that, however great their philosophical differences, Americans have reached a working consensus on Middle East policy.”

By: Parker

Parker — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:55:44 +0000

“None of my liberal friends want to talk about politics anymore. When Bush was in office, they couldn’t shut up.”

I’ve noticed the same thing.

“I just smile inside.”

You are truly a gentle soul… I smirk instead.

By: jms

jms — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:54:15 +0000

None of my liberal friends want to talk about politics anymore. When Bush was in office, they couldn’t shut up. I just smile inside.

By: temporarilyqualmless

temporarilyqualmless — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:15:37 +0000

Bush bla bla bla. Obama bla bla bla

There is obviously a differnce between domestic political expediency that leads to a trashing of Bush then and now, and presently Obama—and between realpolitik reality of things as they really are-which leads one to surmise that Bush was not wrong ultimately, perhaps neither is Obama. It’s a bad bad world…

By: Parker

Parker — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:39:38 +0000

The left can wring their limp wristed hands all they want, but Obama is not like Bush 2. Bush 2 was president of the USA. Obama thinks he is the president of the world and all he needs is UN/arab league approval and then he will act. Bush 2, a man I respect but often disagreed with, at least knew he had to make the case to congress and the majority of the people before putting our sons, daughters, nephews, nieces, cousins, and grandchildren into harm’s way.

The house is shirking its Constitutional duty. It needs to cut all funds for this Libyan fiasco asap. Then it needs to send a budget to the senate that cuts, at a minimum, 10% of Obama’s requested budget.

By: LAG

LAG — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:41:48 +0000

Bob from Virginia, I’m sure the troops will be home by Christmas.

By: Bob from Virginia

Bob from Virginia — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:44:26 +0000

Did anyone catch Obama saying that Bashir Assad must go?

Not to worry the Libyan intervention will be the first war in history to be as short and inexpensive as predicted.

By: I R A Darth Aggie

I R A Darth Aggie — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:10:53 +0000

You know, if this sort of thing keeps up, I might end up supporting The Won’s Libyan Adventures!

By: LAG

LAG — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:00:45 +0000

SteveH @ 2:37 pm “he’s not even a good liberal but a closet conservative.”

I don’t think he’s either liberal or conservative, or socialist, etc, for that matter.

He’s a statist. He believes in governmentand whatever supports or enhances that allegiance. He is a statist opportunist who takes his inspiration from wherever on the political spectrum it occurs.

That trait is written all over this.

By: ziontruth

ziontruth — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:49:36 +0000

Ever since Obama’s decision to intervene in Libya, I just can’t get out of my head the imagined picture of George W. Bush in his ranch house rolling on the floor laughing his hindquarters off.

IMO all of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya were wrong-headed. I’m a “first take care of the dangers at home” guy. And yet, I couldn’t resist commenting on the delicious irony of current events.