Joe Wilson

[emilyg]

The past week marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and the milestone of the 4,000th American soldier killed in that disastrous adventure. Commemorating and underscoring the urgent need for a new policy direction, Senator Clinton delivered a serious and detailed address clearly setting out her vision for and commitment to ending the conflict. Her approach includes a direct critique of the most glaring failures of the Bush administration: its unwillingness to use political pressure and intense international diplomacy to effect a resolution of the outstanding differences that have driven the region into a proxy war within Iraq with the United States manning and supporting combatants on all sides. For years American generals have been telling the administration, the Congress, and the public that Iraq is not a situation that lends itself to a military solution and will only be resolved politically. While the focus of American opprobrium has been on the Iraqi government for its failure to find those solutions, Senator Clinton, in her speech, is the first presidential candidate to spell out in a precise plan the elements required for an international effort, including co-opting and controlling the enablers of the ongoing violence in Iraq, to promote political reconciliation and reform.

My wife, former CIA agent, Valerie, and I accompanied

more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/smears-and-tears-how-oba_b_93525.html

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. ....Excellent article!!!

While laudable in intent, Senator Obama would never have made the speech had his relationship with fiery pastor Jeremiah Wright not become a public relations nightmare for him.

[grasswire]

2. Joe Wilson, Secretary of State

Doesn't that sound outstanding? I've been hoping for that for several years now.

[peace13]

6. I believe the Wilsons are backing Hill.

Might be a bit messy.

[grasswire]

8. I know the Wilsons are backing Senator Clinton.

I wonder who Obama has lined up for SoS, should he be elected.

[JuniperLea]

3. She is also the only one to correctly point out...

That the vast majority of those who attacked us with airplanes on 9/11/01 were Saudis, and that we've yet to address this issue with them.

Meanwhile, Obama, in the speech that garnered so much attention around here, cited Israel as a staunch ally to the US, and condemned Muslim extremists. Although I agree with the extremist stance, they are in no way responsible for ALL of Israel's woes, and are but new players in this. Not to mention the fact that we continue to give Israel tons of money... money we are borrowing from other countries! Money that we desperately need ourselves! All the while Israel is touting itself as a very strong country... economically... makes no sense to me at all.

[bigtree]

4. kick

:kick:

[niyad]

5. interesting that I have seen almost no coverage of her speech anywhere, including

commentary here.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

7. Hillary got us in this war, and she "promises" to get (some of) us out n/t

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. The title of the piece...... nice wordsmith...thanks for posting

Tears and Smears .....the Mendacity of Hype

[AX10]

10. The clear evidence that John Kerry ignorant:

"Senator John Kerry, another Obama surrogate, offered the startling observation that Obama is better equipped than anyone else to bridge the divide between the U.S. and the Muslim world and end Islamic extremism and terorrism -- "because he's a black man." There is absolutely no empirical evidence to sustain that claim, the notion that a single individual, even one with a resume filled with appropriate experience, would be able to halt terrorism because of the color of his skin. It is patently absurd. But Kerry presented nothing to back up his astounding racial reasoning. And the Obama campaign was remarkably silent on Kerry's racialization of the foreign policy discussion."

[ProSense]

13. Clear evidence Kerry is right:

here

[donkeyotay]

11. Thanks for the link. Being counter to the movement here is getting to be like

being a designated driver. I have several times reconsidered if I should support Obama. The last time I tuned in to listen to him, he was handing the microphone over to do one of the most despicable hit jobs on Bill Clinton I've ever seen. You would think that Obama's hostility to the party and support by Republicans would make people here question whether the he is as liberal as we seem to believe.

The banks support him, General Dynamics supports him, and the Aspen we-elected-George-Bush media supports him. There is an army of freeper-quality support around here, and indeed, the Repo party are complaining that they've lost some of theirs.

Bothering to listen to someone who was there, Joe Wilson, would be so much more work than blaming the nation's failure, multiple failures, on Hillary Clinton. Much better to believe this is all her fault than to look at ALL the elements that brought us Bush, his re-election, and his disastrous war.

[AX10]

12. If it comes down to McCain v. Obama, I see it as...

Tweedle Dee v. Tweedle Dum.

As for the "designated driver" comparison: :thumbsup:

[emilyg]

16. I liked that, too.

[wowimthere]

14. Clinton wouldn't have to spell out a plan if she'd have voted against the war

She enabled Bush, like so many of our democratic senators. Maybe some of you have forgotten that she voted for this war but I didn't. I don't want anymore warmongers inhabiting the white house.

Obama 08

[Arkansas Granny]

17. Even if Senator Clinton had voted against the IWR, we would still be there today.

Bush let that go to Congress just as a matter of show. He didn't ever feel that he needed it for the invasion. It was just a formality, like sending Powell to the U.N. to make the case for military intervention because of those WMD's that weren't there. You may think she was wrong, and that's your prerogative, but hers was only one vote of many. She didn't single-handedly give Bush permission.

[wowimthere]

15. Both Clinton and McCain are war mongers

It's as if she should get a free pass now that she's against the war. Not this time.