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Jewish World Review July 2, 2010 / 20 Tamuz 5770 Is Gen. Petraeus Obama's messiah? By Dave Weinbaum
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The day after President Obama fired General McChrystal and demoted his boss,
General Petraeus to replace him you'd have thought he had discovered the secret to
life's creation. Every leftist, drooling reporter used one word so pervasively that it
may have to be retired from overuse.
"Brilliant!" said our lackey Socialists in the press. The polls, in a freefall, paused
and reversed for a day or two before continuing their nose-dive.
Remember General "Betray us?"
Ironically in 2007 and 2008 then Senator Obama and then Senator Clinton revolted
against Petraeus like patriots at the original Tea Party. Hillary :"(The Surge)
continues to be the same failed policy." Barack: "The Surge continues to be a
disastrous foreign policy mistake." Harry Reid called the general a liar. George
Soros, rumored to pull Obama's strings, ran an ad in the NYTimes portraying
Petraeus as a traitor.
As we all know, the Surge has been the crowning albeit late achievement of the
Bush Administration. Al-Qaeda used Iraq as its stand against America and was
decimated. The Iraqi government has come around nicely to provide protective
services of its own. Post-Surge, the fledging government of Iraq is, much to the
horror of the libiots-in-charge, working.
The question of the moment is who was more responsible for the Iraq war success,
the Diplo-General Patraeus or the remake of all the eccentric but effective generals
from our history, Hell-Raiser-General McChrystal?
If you stop making hay it could be the last straw
That being said, if one looks objectively at the results so far of Communist Jihad
101, or as some call it the Obama Administration, that firing might be Barry's only
hope. It's the one thing he doesn't get an F for.
Let's review the rest of his report card:
Finally, bringing his grade point up a smidgeon is the C I give him for the war in
Afghanistan .
Closing the barn door after the horse escapes at least
saves the cows and the chickens
Let's assume for a moment that President Obama wants to be successful in the
conventional sense--hardly believable considering his failures thus far.
Obama delayed McChrystal's urgent troop requests to the point of criminal
negligence. He finally deigned to meet his general.
Via the Rolling Stone rag, we find an intimidated Obama talking to a general with
disdain for him. While we don't know for sure, the long delay Barack took to
decide to send about half of the troops his general requested and the ridiculous
implementation of our withdrawal in about a year and a half, must have been
wearing on the general.
The general also agreed to some of the stupidest rules of engagement ever entered
into by a general. Troops were killed because they were handcuffed by those not in
the field who were preventing justified attacks, causing death and demoralization of
our troops.
I surmise the general and his staff, overworked, in great danger and tired of the
obstacles were probably a tad frustrated when that Rolling Stone reporter
embedded himself in their group. Just like a four looks like a ten after seven beers,
the reporter must have looked more like a human than the cretin he is.
Exit McChrystal --- enter his ex-boss, Petraeus.
While the lemmings in the lib press were bubbling "BRILLIANT!" between
fawning and fainting, I'm not so sure Obama had a real choice.
That being said, if Obama doesn't bungle this like he has everything else, he can use
this talented warrior as a base for some respect. Here's what he gains:
Obviously, all this depends on Obama's ability to grow a brain and not to meddle in
something that is going right.
If my hypothetical comes true, will it change Obama's downfall: Unlikely, given his
ineptitude up until now. But if he has an epiphany and figures he's not ready to
declare martial law to avoid elections in a coup of our system, Petraeus could be
used to save his political arse.
If you believe that's possible, I've got a fishing boat in the Gulf for sale. I'll give you
such a deal!
Plus the fish come pre-blackened.
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JWR contributor Dave Weinbaum hosts DaveWeinbaum.com. He is a businessman, writer and part-time stand-up comic and resides in a Midwest red state. Comment by clicking here.
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