Insider account of Petraeusa rise and how he nearly stepped down over Obamaa s Afghan drawdown

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The Last Templar wrote:

He should have stepped down. Imagine having to take your orders from a community organizer who has failed the US on so many fronts?

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Chicago Guy wrote:

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"fronts" like....
Killing Bin Laden?
Ousting Ghaddaffi?
Ending the Iraq War)
Passing the START treaty?
Getting the toughest sanctions ever on Iran?
Yeah, I think Romney should make this election a referendum on Obama's foreign policy.

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CHECK SIX wrote:

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CLAP TRAP LOONY PROPAGANDA.....Its the JOBS STUPID....JOBS,JOBS JOBS...no one gives a crap about your list...IT DOES NOT PUT A BUCK in yer POCKET....No JOBS HERE?...just HUSSIEN KOOLAID for LOONS!!
OBAMA a WAR president??? GIVE REALITY A BRAKE....This INCOMPETENCE had the likes of Gen. Petraeus ,and the BUSH WAR COUNCIL INTACT.,along with GITMO..Hello! GITMO???..WAKE UP! Stop Playing with yer self..IRAN?? OBAMA is Playing Golf...and they are blocking the Strait of Hormuz,TODAY!!.GET REAL LOON!
Unemployment rate in Illinois 11.5 percent..Higher than the national average...Mabey GADDAFI,gone, will help you.get a job!.LOONY NITWIT!
ITS THE JOBS ,JOBS,JOBS,STUPID!!..Whats in yer Wallet!!

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Chicago Guy wrote:

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"The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 8.6 percent in November, and
nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Employment continued to trend up in retail trade, leisure and
hospitality, professional and business services, and health care. Government
employment continued to trend down."
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.ht...

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Chicago Guy wrote:

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"fronts" like....
Killing Bin Laden?
Ousting Ghaddaffi?
Ending the Iraq War)
Passing the START treaty?
Getting the toughest sanctions ever on Iran?
Yeah, I think Romney should make this election a referendum on Obama's foreign policy.

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The Last Templar wrote:

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1. Any American, man, woman, or child, would have given the order to off Bin Laden. Thanks to Bush intelligence, he was given the opportunity.
2. Ghaddaffi ( Qaddaffi ) was declared by our own Secretary of Defense, Gates, as neither a security threat nor a strategic interest of the United States. Now the flag of Al Qaeda is flying over Tripoli.
3. Ending the Iraq war, via abject failed diplomacy by Obama, and yielding to political concerns of his far-left whacko base, pulling troops way too soon. Now we have the Sunni's whacking the Shiites again, and more IED and car-bombings in the last week than in the previous two years.
4. START treaty was a complete win for the Russians, and a complete loss of any strategic gains we ever made in the European theater. Virtually every expert on foreign strategic initiative has declared it an enormous step backward and complete capitulation.
5. Tougher sanctions on Iran? Are you kidding? Nuclear proliferation CONTINUES TO THRIVE in Iran, and they have recently, brazenly, threatened to close the Straits of Hormuz, and have bragged about having complete control of the Gulf of Oman.
This is the weakest foreign policy and the worst failure of diplomatic benefit to the US and it's allies in history.

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Chicago Guy wrote:

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1) total bullshit.
2) bullshit.
3) If our goal in Iraq was a sovereign nation, WHY would we refuse to leave when they asked us to? On what legal grounds could we continue our presence, when told to go? More importantly, it was obvious since the day Hussein fell that our ultimate departure would result in partisan attacks, and probably civil war. Whether we stayed 10 years or a hundred, that would be the case.
4) bullshit.
5) and WHY is Iran rattling the saber now? Because the sanctions are impacting them. For the first time EVER we have Russia and China participating in real sanctions against Iran... all thanks to Obama and Secretary Clinton.
I don't doubt you view Obama's as the "weakest foreign policy" ever, because you are a partisan hack of the first order. But I can, and will, call you out on your absurd and false claims.

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The Last Templar wrote:

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Thank you for the typical leftwing radical response. Way to wear your intellect and IQ out on your sleeve, right alongside the mustard and yesterday's mayo.

Chicago Guy wrote:

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I responded to two of your points specifically. The others weren't worthy.
But I notice you attacked me, personally.... but ignored my points.
Typical.

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Chicago Guy wrote:

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1) total bullshit.
2) bullshit.
3) If our goal in Iraq was a sovereign nation, WHY would we refuse to leave when they asked us to? On what legal grounds could we continue our presence, when told to go? More importantly, it was obvious since the day Hussein fell that our ultimate departure would result in partisan attacks, and probably civil war. Whether we stayed 10 years or a hundred, that would be the case.
4) bullshit.
5) and WHY is Iran rattling the saber now? Because the sanctions are impacting them. For the first time EVER we have Russia and China participating in real sanctions against Iran... all thanks to Obama and Secretary Clinton.
I don't doubt you view Obama's as the "weakest foreign policy" ever, because you are a partisan hack of the first order. But I can, and will, call you out on your absurd and false claims.

The Last Templar wrote:

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...Thanks to Bush intelligence,...