GIve thanks Obama is President

[malaise]

There will be no military excursion into Ukraine - Obama tonight!!

Now fuck off McGramps and neo-cons.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Hell, I'd buy a used car from him, I would!

[malaise]

2. Yes he is no warmonger

I don't support the drone policy but he is definitely not a neo-con.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. I'd ask him to autographs my copies of his books, too!

[Cha]

16. "pos used car salesman" ..

[arthritisR_US]

25. LOL...

My apologies, as a Canadian I should keep my laughter to myself

[Cha]

33. No, have a laugh..

.. Totally believe humor keeps me sane.

[arthritisR_US]

37. I like the way you think!

[Cha]

40. Likewise..

[ucrdem]

17. bad boy

[Squinch]

3. I was just thinking the same thing.

I guess gramps and his minions think Eisenhower was militarily incompetent, too, for not going to war when Russia invaded Hungary.

[malaise]

4. They do not know anything about history

Neo-cons want war for profit and for resources - nothing else.
There are many wealthy persons who must have wars to maintain their lifestyles. Please understand their needs. They'd attack Eisenhower - too soft.

[Squinch]

5. And not even history. For us to commit troops and military equipment for a conflict in Ukraine?

That's just bonkers, and people are talking about it as if it's an inevitability. Even Rachel is getting a little breathless about the, "And what if Putin invades New Jersey??" prospects. (Of course that is hyperbole on my part, but you get the idea.)

[malaise]

10. Rachel's foreign policy is as hawkish as most of them

It's a major contradiction of her politics but I seem to remember that her father was army.

[Auntie Bush]

6. And Romney and Lindsey andall the other nuts i.e. war mongers.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. I like this President. I campaigned for him both times, and I'd do so again if it were possible

Good man, given the right wing scourge in Congress behaving like f"g piranha, and the Democrats in Congress behaving like little curly-haired 2-year old girls.

[yuiyoshida]

19. I would stand with you Sarah.

Wish I could rec your post!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. Thank you! nt

[yuiyoshida]

39. you're welcome!

[albino65]

31. Huzzah! n/t

[malaise]

42. He's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than the warmongers

and you're right about most of them in Congress

[Sarah Ibarruri]

45. Much! I think President Obama has been great given the crap he has had to work with:

A racist nation; libs that are too wimpy, behave weakly, and who whine like babies because Obama is not Houdini the Magician; a country where right wing propaganda is ubiquitous; Republicans in Congress that refuse to budge unless they get to institute their fascist schemes; and a damaged country, damaged over decades by right wing corporate ideas.

[sheshe2]

9. K&R!

Thanks malaise!

[ErikJ]

11. Bush’s Defense Secretary Destroys GOP Talking Points Against Obama’s Handling Of Crimea

ormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed back on Sunday against conservatives who’ve blamed President Obama’s “weak” foreign policy for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Crimea.
Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Gates dismissed arguments that Obama’s handling of the conflict in Syria or his efforts to trim the defense budget emboldened Putin, arguing that the Russian president also invaded Georgia during the George W. Bush administration.
“My own view is, after all, Putin invaded Georgia when George W. Bush was president. Nobody ever accused George W. Bush of being weak or unwilling to use military force,” Gates, who served as Defense Secretary for Presidents George W. Bush and Obama said. “So I think Putin is very opportunistic in these arenas. I think that even if — even if we had launched attacks in Syria, even if we weren’t cutting our defense budget — I think Putin saw an opportunity here in Crimea, and he has seized it.” Earlier this week, Gates told the Washington Post that the GOP lawmakers should “tone down” their criticism and “try to be supportive of the president rather than natter at the president.”
Though most Republicans agree with Obama’s policy for handling the Crimean crisis, some conservatives have argued that Obama’s perceived “weakness” on the global stage has given Putin the space to move Russian troops into Crimea. “We have a weak and indecisive president” and that “invites aggression,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said last week. “Putin is playing chess and I think we’re playing marbles,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee claimed, adding that Russia is “running circles around us.”
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2014/03/09/3381271/bushs-defense-secretary-slams-republicans-for-criticizing-obamas-handling-of-crimea-crisis/

[Capt. Obvious]

12. Obama works in mysterious ways

[OilemFirchen]

27. Only to those who think in mystifying ways

[Aerows]

13. This is something I definitely praise him for

Thank heavens we aren't charging into another war.

[cilla4progress]

14. Stand strong,

Mr. President! No matter how hard they try to get you to take the bait!

We know you can do it!

[ucrdem]

15. Obama and Joe.

Hard to believe I know but when it comes to committing troops sometimes Biden is Obama's better angel. Anyway thanks for the heads up!

[treestar]

18. McWar never misses a chance

to demand we play the tough guy. Typical Republican. What happened to the maverick?

[spanone]

20. k&r...

[mountain grammy]

21. I think Rmoney would have had boots on the ground in Syria and Crimea.

Whatever the "generals" on fox told him to do.. Yes, I'm thankful for a president who avoids war.

[Rex]

23. McCain, "geet oof ma land you dam kids!"

Clicks button...*BOOM*! The POTUS looks calm cool and collected for the dude that just got told Russia can still turn us into ash. Let the Russian Elite laugh, seems it is right back at'em.

[flamingdem]

24. I give thanks on many fronts

The teevee is wet with the drool of warmongers yeech

[tofuandbeer]

26. Excellent point!

We'd all be so nervous if McCain or R$ were in the office
(I don't even want to use the word President directly before or after those two names).

[mwrguy]

28. I give thanks every day for Obama

[Iliyah]

29. Lord have mercy, how about Palin huh

McCain, Palin and RMoney - USA would be in wars with Iran, North Korea, Syria and the "Gold" Russia. Neo-Cons love to send our kids to fight their wars - mainly for their profit.

So yes, Thank God Pres O won in 2012 by 51% . . and GOPers still can't believe that they lost.

[zeemike]

30. There was never going to be any war over the Ukraine.

Not by this president or any president you can think of...and no general would be foolish enough to recommend it.
The stakes are way to high, and have been sense the 50s with the cold war and the Mutual Assured Destruction.
But the cold war is back on...and it will consume even more of our budget.

[ucrdem]

32. War is like water. It finds a way.

There wasn't any war on Cuba either, but the wingnuts tried four times to make it happen. Nuclear war in the Caribbean. The lesson is that we can never take peace for granted and Obama deserves recognition for keeping the dogs at bay these last 6 years.

[brush]

34. You're absolutely right

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Can you imagine how long our supply lines would be and how easy it would be to cut them over the thousands of miles they would run — a logistical nightmare.

We'd be at such a humongous disadvantage coming from across oceans and continents while the Russian army would just have to cross their own border.

McCain and the Warmongers (sounds like a repug rock band) are out of their fucking minds to even talk about such foolishness.

[ucrdem]

35. You don't need supply lines to drop bombs.

Just planes. And if accuracy isn't important you don't even need planes.

[brush]

36. Ultimately it can't be done with only air power, and Russia has a formidable air force . . .

and nukes themselves if you're talking about that. I don't think even Putin is willing to go there.

The President has wisely said we're not going there, but if we were troops would still be needed on the ground — my original point.

And McCain is still out of his mind advocating sending troops.

[ucrdem]

38. I think we both know that it could be done any which way

and would be if Obama didn't once again firmly say no. We've come a long way since the 18th century.

[brush]

44. If you want to blow up the world swith nukes, sure . . .

but if we want Ukraine still standing (and the USA and Russia for that matter) you still need troops on the ground to hold territory or drive other forces already on the ground out.

I agree, we've come a long way since the 18th century and I'd like to be able to sometime in the near future say that war is "so 20th century, so barbarian, so over", but we haven't come that far from our Iraq debacle, remember?

[UtahLib]

41. Yes, K&R nt

[B Calm]

43. Republicans would have us in a nuclear war with Russia!