Comments on: Obama Delays Iranian Sanctions Bill http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill Building a conservatism that can win again Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: SpartacusIsNotDead http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67870 SpartacusIsNotDead Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:14:10 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67870 Sinz: Regarding your argument about Obama's reluctance to use military power, I again ask whose ass he should have kicked by now? By claiming he's all brains and no guts, you seem to have mistaken a lack of bluster for a lack of toughness. Sinz:

Regarding your argument about Obama’s reluctance to use military power, I again ask whose ass he should have kicked by now? By claiming he’s all brains and no guts, you seem to have mistaken a lack of bluster for a lack of toughness.

]]> By: ottovbvs http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67795 ottovbvs Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:55:04 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67795 sinz54 // Oct 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm .....Sinz.......You're going to have to get over your Obama Derangement Syndrome ........You've got it bad......He's going to around for the next 7 years+ sinz54 // Oct 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm

…..Sinz…….You’re going to have to get over your Obama Derangement Syndrome ……..You’ve got it bad……He’s going to around for the next 7 years+

]]> By: sinz54 http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67793 sinz54 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:50:20 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67793 spartacusisnotdead: Hillary, if she were President, wouldn't hesitate to use military force. She's one tough cookie. That's the thing about women in power: They enjoy wielding power, since women were denied it for so long. (Eva Peron, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Benezir Bhutto, etc.) Obama wouldn't use military force in retaliation, even if terrorists blew up the Sears Tower in Chicago and killed another couple thousand Americans. Obama is all brain, no guts, and no balls. He's proving that every day. spartacusisnotdead:

Hillary, if she were President, wouldn’t hesitate to use military force. She’s one tough cookie. That’s the thing about women in power: They enjoy wielding power, since women were denied it for so long. (Eva Peron, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Benezir Bhutto, etc.)

Obama wouldn’t use military force in retaliation, even if terrorists blew up the Sears Tower in Chicago and killed another couple thousand Americans. Obama is all brain, no guts, and no balls. He’s proving that every day.

]]> By: DFL http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67788 DFL Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:06:02 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67788 We should learn from Rome, at least the Western Empire. The reasons for Rome's collapse were many, one of them being imperial overstretch. Why can't the neo-conservatives learn from history? We should learn from Rome, at least the Western Empire. The reasons for Rome’s collapse were many, one of them being imperial overstretch. Why can’t the neo-conservatives learn from history?

]]> By: SFTor1 http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67757 SFTor1 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:43:28 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67757 Sounds like it's time to realize that all this saber-rattling gets us nowhere. We have grown accustomed to U.S. military power being unsheathed at the slightest occasion. It is time to end this practice. Sounds like it’s time to realize that all this saber-rattling gets us nowhere.

We have grown accustomed to U.S. military power being unsheathed at the slightest occasion. It is time to end this practice.

]]> By: SpartacusIsNotDead http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67690 SpartacusIsNotDead Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:38:23 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67690 Sinz wrote: "So as long as Obama is in the White House, the Taliban have nothing to fear from a return of U.S. military force." What mythical Commander-In-Chief have you confured in your little head that kicks ass and takes names all over the world? Was it Ronald Reagan who pulled out of Beirut without punishing those responsible for killing over 200 American soldiers, or who left Ghadafi in power so that some of his own people could blow up an airplane, killing hundreds of innocent people? Maybe its George H.W. Bush who left Saddam in power. Is it George W. Bush who started two wars that have bankrupted the country without achieving any of their primary purposes? You speak as a fool. Sinz wrote: “So as long as Obama is in the White House, the Taliban have nothing to fear from a return of U.S. military force.”

What mythical Commander-In-Chief have you confured in your little head that kicks ass and takes names all over the world? Was it Ronald Reagan who pulled out of Beirut without punishing those responsible for killing over 200 American soldiers, or who left Ghadafi in power so that some of his own people could blow up an airplane, killing hundreds of innocent people? Maybe its George H.W. Bush who left Saddam in power. Is it George W. Bush who started two wars that have bankrupted the country without achieving any of their primary purposes?

You speak as a fool.

]]> By: SpartacusIsNotDead http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67689 SpartacusIsNotDead Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:29:39 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67689 Sinz wrote: "It’s clear by now that Obama doesn’t kick asses." I think Hillary Clinton and John McCain would disagree. Also, whose ass should he have kicked by now? Sinz wrote: “It’s clear by now that Obama doesn’t kick asses.”

I think Hillary Clinton and John McCain would disagree.

Also, whose ass should he have kicked by now?

]]> By: DFL http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67674 DFL Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:23:32 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67674 Although Mr. Schanzer suggests that the American people ought to be "frustrated" by President Obama's failure to enact sanctions on Iran, I find not one American in a hundred cares one wit about Iran. Iran is halfway around the globe, a source of oil and nothing more. The Congressional vote for sanctions is an easy and aimless vote perpetrated by a group of men more gifted at shaking down contributors and getting grandma her social security check than they are at strategic thinking and balancing budgets. Although Mr. Schanzer suggests that the American people ought to be “frustrated” by President Obama’s failure to enact sanctions on Iran, I find not one American in a hundred cares one wit about Iran. Iran is halfway around the globe, a source of oil and nothing more. The Congressional vote for sanctions is an easy and aimless vote perpetrated by a group of men more gifted at shaking down contributors and getting grandma her social security check than they are at strategic thinking and balancing budgets.

]]> By: SFTor1 http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67673 SFTor1 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:13:55 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67673 It turns out that progress for women in Afghanistan is illusory. There are a few female members of Congress, judges, and so on. Status for women in general is the same as under the Taliban. The "woman's safety" argument is understandable. As with so many other things with the Afghanistan War, it has no basis in reality. Russia had 500,000 forces in Afghanistan, and left humiliated. Do we really need to share the experience? It turns out that progress for women in Afghanistan is illusory. There are a few female members of Congress, judges, and so on. Status for women in general is the same as under the Taliban.

The “woman’s safety” argument is understandable. As with so many other things with the Afghanistan War, it has no basis in reality.

Russia had 500,000 forces in Afghanistan, and left humiliated. Do we really need to share the experience?

]]> By: balconesfault http://www.frumforum.com/obama-refuses-to-support-iranian-sanctions-bill/comment-page-1#comment-67671 balconesfault Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:45:16 +0000 http://www.newmajority.com/?p=13597#comment-67671 <b>Even left-wing groups, like Code Pink, are worried about this.</b> Weird thing is the only time I hear Code Pink ever mentioned, it's here. Do you really believe that once you get outside of Kabul, those "rights" exist anyway? And how many troops are you willing to see die so that Afghani women can read? I'm up for Afganis fighting and dying for their own rights ... and for individual Americans who feel really, really strong about it to form their own Lincoln Brigade and go over there and fight the good fight. "Prestige" of this sort is an illusion. Even left-wing groups, like Code Pink, are worried about this.

Weird thing is the only time I hear Code Pink ever mentioned, it’s here.

Do you really believe that once you get outside of Kabul, those “rights” exist anyway?

And how many troops are you willing to see die so that Afghani women can read? I’m up for Afganis fighting and dying for their own rights … and for individual Americans who feel really, really strong about it to form their own Lincoln Brigade and go over there and fight the good fight.

“Prestige” of this sort is an illusion.

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