tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post2422157805364883282..comments2023-10-22T07:23:03.102-06:00Comments on Conservative Convictions: I Will Always Give Credit Where Credit is DueRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-36823234849762672212009-04-14T22:35:00.000-05:002009-04-14T22:35:00.000-05:00Dave Miller: Yes, I do.Dave Miller: Yes, I do.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-66288735193294857392009-04-14T15:11:00.000-05:002009-04-14T15:11:00.000-05:00CK, you forgot to mention how George W. Bush was t...CK, you forgot to mention how George W. Bush was tested by an enemy 9 months into his new administration:<br /><br />The worst attack on American soil was perpetrated by terrorists.<br /><br />That was some testing of the new president, wasn't it?<br /><br />By all the accounts I've read, Mr. Obama handled the piracy/hostage crisis quite well. And it didn't turn out to be the failure the Right was hoping for.<br /><br />Every president is tested; every president has to handle crises.<br /><br />Remember Ronald Reagan and the Marines in Lebanon? And his promise--PROMISE to not leave, and then he left.<br /><br />Also, not only did George W. Bush hold hands and walk with King Abdullah when he was the POTUS, he's captured on film kissing the King. On the lips.<br /><br />Now that is a hell of a lot more intimate than bending down to grasp Abdullah's hand to shake it.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-80683276982863141682009-04-12T21:01:00.000-05:002009-04-12T21:01:00.000-05:00"Unfortunately GWB didn't leave his cajones behind..."Unfortunately GWB didn't leave his cajones behind when he left.."<BR/>Yep, he sure did in the N Koreans when they tested several missiles<BR/>(and an atomic bomb) under is cajone watch....BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-62193129099302041042009-04-11T21:43:00.000-05:002009-04-11T21:43:00.000-05:00Absolutely right: O'Bummer has been so busy being ...Absolutely right: O'Bummer has been so busy being Evil America's official apologist that his entire judgment is clouded.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately GWB didn't leave his cajones behind when he left so that O'Bummer could have some all for himself.Pasadena Closet Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837317472523209555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-54048967355839001342009-04-11T15:11:00.000-05:002009-04-11T15:11:00.000-05:00Robert, technically correct? Would not a better t...Robert, technically correct? Would not a better term be 100% correct?<BR/><BR/>Are we not bound by some international law issues here?<BR/><BR/>If this stuff is happening in international waters, how do we justify what we you are proposing absent any requests from offended parties?<BR/><BR/>If memory serves me, this is the first incident involving an American flagged ship.<BR/><BR/>Are you advocating for an invasion of Somalia too?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-89224033865320762822009-04-11T09:42:00.000-05:002009-04-11T09:42:00.000-05:00CK, a good commentary on the current situation.I a...CK, a good commentary on the current situation.I am amazed that a President of the most powerful nation on earth prostrates himself before the world, so that they are appeased. <BR/><BR/>Dave, you may be technically correct about the Pueblo and Mayaquez and I grant you that. There was incorrect reporting by a number of news sources. I do have a solution for the piracy problem, and that is to place an entire Marine division on the beaches in Somalia, and a U.S. Navy battle group off the shores where these ships are being harbored. Pirate speedboats can't win against 5 inch guns. <BR/><BR/>The problem with North Korea is one of appeasement. During the 1990s, NK would make noise about nuclear power and the Clinton Administration would give them technology to make them stop. A few months later, the same cycle continued, and the information given includes the technology for "super silent" submarine screws - the propellers that drive our boomers that no one has ever tracked longer than a few seconds. <BR/><BR/>No one is saying that Obama carries the burden for NK nukes. However, the administration had several opportunities the past few weeks to show that it would not stand down in fear of conflict, yet chose to take the quiet road and remain silent. Walk softly and carry a big stick is appropriate foreign policy, but when the world knows that the big stick is a child's plastic baseball bat, there is no deterrence to pirates or rogue nations.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-2511512716289818192009-04-10T22:32:00.000-05:002009-04-10T22:32:00.000-05:00Joe, do you have any solutions?Joe, do you have any solutions?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-42597537498110887162009-04-10T21:56:00.000-05:002009-04-10T21:56:00.000-05:00President BO probably frightened North Korea to de...President BO probably frightened North Korea to death when he declared with both passion and his usual level of arrogance, "They broke the rules."<BR/><BR/>Oh, Mommy, Mommy! They don't play fair. They broke the rules.<BR/><BR/>Libs are always about this touchy-feely kind of fairness thing.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693381971064363612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110704082323083773.post-84265348816455832182009-04-10T11:36:00.000-05:002009-04-10T11:36:00.000-05:00Apparently CK, you've been smokin' somethin'.Your ...Apparently CK, you've been smokin' somethin'.<BR/><BR/>Your facts are just wrong. In 1968 the USS Pueblo was captured and boarded by North Korea. <BR/><BR/>This was an intelligence ship, that we surrendered without a fight.<BR/><BR/>In 1975, the US container ship Mayaguez was boarded and captured by the Khmer Rouge following the end of our involvement in Vietnam.<BR/><BR/>One incident happened under a Democratic President, the other under a Republican.<BR/><BR/>The actions of our Navy in the current incident, under the direction of President Obama, so far have resulted in the retaking of the ship, with no loss of life.<BR/><BR/>How might you have handled the situation better?<BR/><BR/>As for North Korea and their faulty missile, again, what would you have done?<BR/><BR/>If they are a sovereign country, do they not have a right to test fire a missile?<BR/><BR/>I know that Newt Gingrich advocated bombing the missile on the launch pad, but with what authority?<BR/><BR/>If a country did that to us, would we not see it as an act of war?<BR/><BR/>There just were not a lot of options on the table on this one, given that apparently China did not want any decisive action taken.<BR/><BR/>The failing of several Admins. to deal effectively with North Korea has led to this.<BR/><BR/>To saddle Obama with responsibility for this is akin to blaming Bush for North Korea's and Pakistan's acquisition of nukes.<BR/><BR/>Yes it happened on their watches, but the problem was a long time coming.Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272431500457083818noreply@blogger.com