2/25/2008
Yet another reason Obama should never be commander-in-chief
Amy Proctor takes you through a point by point analysis of this fakery-”Soldier refutes Obama assertion that under-equipped US troops confiscate Taliban weapons”. Obama should be ashamed of himself for talking about military matters which he obviously knows nothing about. (Just like most liberals)
Amy’s husband, a chaplain’s assistant:
1. CPT’ s command companies, not platoons.
2. Platoons are not divided up to go to 2 different theaters, EVER.
3. There is no ammo shortage in OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan). Many platoons are deployed to remote sites in the mountains and require aerial resupply. Those resupply missions are dependent on favorable weather conditions.
4. Taliban weapons are usually not very good and we would not use them without a very high level of command approval.
5. The CDR in Chief is so high above the platoon level that comment doesn’t even deserve a response.
He’s just trying to exploit democratic boilerplate about OIF being a diversion from “the good war” (OEF). He’s wrong on many levels. We are winning in OIF. I just left Baghdad. We have everything we need except for our OWN government to be united behind victory in OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom).
D - Date(s) - when did this happen?
U - Unit(s) - what military unit was involved?
P - People - who were the individuals involved?
E - Event(s) - what exactly occurred?
S - Signature(s) - did the “witness” sign an affidavit, a deposition or a report to superiors, and thereby go on any kind of binding legal record about this?
Oblogatory Anecdotes -Obama, Manchurian Candidate? linked with Obama a Muslim Manchurian Candidate?...
February 25th, 2008 at 9:54 am
I will vote in the fall since I have never missed a primary or general election since I registered at 18, but… I may opt to not vote for president. The choices literally make me sick.
February 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Obama a Muslim Manchurian Candidate?…
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February 25th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
I didn’t know that people here in the states new more about the situation in Afghanistan than the actual soldiers deployed over there. Me, I would trust the word of one of our brave and valient soldiers in Afghanistan over some army chaplain’s wife. Give up, Cao. You lost.
February 25th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
1. CPT’ s command companies, not platoons.
The Captain in question was a Lieutenant at the time of the incident in question. He is a Captain now.
2. Platoons are not divided up to go to 2 different theaters, EVER.
They didn’t divide a platoon. Personnel in the platoon were reassigned to different platoons. This is common practice. My brother was not only reassigned from his unit in the Marine Corps, but reassigned from his WHOLE DIVISION. He was pulled from the 3rd Division and temporarily assigned to the 1st Division due to a shortage of soldiers with his skill set. When done, he was assigned right back to the 3rd Division.
3. There is no ammo shortage in OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan). Many platoons are deployed to remote sites in the mountains and require aerial resupply. Those resupply missions are dependent on favorable weather conditions.
True, which is why I don’t understand why conservatives are so upset by the accusation that US soldiers improvised when they had to by using what was at hand. Bravo! The point Obama was conveying was that due to OIF, the capabilities to operate as efficiently as possible in OEF have been affected.
4. Taliban weapons are usually not very good and we would not use them without a very high level of command approval.
This is simply BS.
5. The CDR in Chief is so high above the platoon level that comment doesn’t even deserve a response.
I suppose this is in some way supposed to mean that decisions made by the President have no affect on what happens to the grunts.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I know he was a Lieutenant at the time…this is a response from Johnny Proctor from Baghdad…who took it apart from Iraq.
People other than ‘the Captain’, whose story was probably furnished by IVAW or Dahr Jamail - should vet this and supply corroborating details that can be checked and verified….otherwise I consider what Obama says just more John Murtha type hogwash.
D - Date(s) - when did this happen?
U - Unit(s) - what military unit was involved?
P - People - who were the individuals involved?
E - Event(s) - what exactly occurred?
S - Signature(s) - did the “witness” sign an affidavit, a deposition or a report to superiors, and thereby go on any kind of binding legal record about this?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
How many things have you posted regarding Larry Sinclair’s accusations!? D.U.P.E.S. ? Is this all of the sudden your standard for testing the veracity of a story, or accusation? If you are going to hold people to standards, you have to do it across the board. The statements made by Obama in the debate have been backed up by a reporter from a major news source (ABC). I do assert that that isn’t definitive evidence that it is true, but it’s certainly more credible than a homemade youtube video.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Click on the picture, you drooling knuckledraggers.
Larry is perfectly capable of defending himself; he needs little help from me…but I will help him, because I think you people are despicable…including whitehouse.com and the phony “doctor” that did the polygraph. If you examine the writing, it is signature Sinclair with no help from me.
Polygraph Operator “Dr.” Edward I. Gelb Exposed as a Phony Ph.D.
The question should be - why is the leftist blogosphere spreading this rumor that Sinclair failed a polygraph test that was given to him by a fake doctor?
February 25th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I am not getting into this whole Larry Sinclair thing. I am using him as an example to point out that you have helped promote his cause with NO evidence whatsoever. He is making baseless accusations that you yourself have not questioned AT ALL. However (this is the point I am making) when someone repeats an accusation made by a soldier that HAS been backed up, even if you don’t like the source, you demand nothing short of the third degree or those accusations mean nothing.
February 25th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Randy, how do you know what proof I know exists? You’re reaching again…just like the rest of the Obama sycophants…
If you’re not going to get ‘into it’, then don’t comment…and don’t offer your opinion as to what you think I know.
Think about it: Obama is my representative here…I am not far from Gurnee…or Chicago. I have had an interest in Barry since he first surfaced in Hyde Park and the Gold Coast- and all the obstacles in his way were mysteriously and miraculously removed for him.
As one fellow puts it…
Farrakhan Lauds Obama’s ‘Fresh Approach’ to Politics
“And is respectful of the Jewish culture”? Too funny!!! He’s everyman…a blank slate that people project the image of what they want to see onto…a very carefully cultivated and manufactured image. But the radical groups who support him don’t agree, Mr. Farrakhan, certainly we know that by the things you’ve said!
The Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man.
They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.-Louis Farrakhan
February 25th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Your post was about Barack Obama and his statement during a debate. If I wanted to ‘get into’ the Larry Sinclair debate, I would go comment under one of your posts about Larry Sinclair. I was simply using his situation to point your double standard. I am not arguing his credibility, only asking how you expect me as a reader to question Obama’s statements and at the same time accept Larry Sinclair’s. I suspect that if I said I had proof that the soldiers story is iron clad, how do you know I don’t? (This is the part where you demand that I provide such proof)
February 25th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Yet you say “I am not getting into this whole Larry Sinclair thing. I am using him as an example”.
You’re not going to get into it, yet you comment on it on an unrelated post.
Too funny.
If you said the proof was iron clad, I would ask you to give me dates and times….so I can verify; Sinclair is no different than any other story I’ve covered.
Sinclair has given dates and times and places - and a whole lot more….which are verifiable if people are interested in following it. Plus, how do you know who I’ve spoken to? How do you know what I’ve verified?
You’re not paying attention…or you don’t care.
There is no double-standard here.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Isn’t it the Democrats in Congress that kept holding up appropriations for our troops by plugging in things like “amnesty for illegal aliens and pork”?? I remember this because I went out and read the pending bill on Congress.org prior to sending emails to my reps telling them not to vote yes on it because of the Amnesty Chris Dodd threw in.
As soon as it was voted down… MoveOn.org ran an ad on TV saying the dirty Republicans voted against supplying our troops!!! My how the bend and twist things! Anyway, Obama can try to blame Bush for not properly supplying the troops if he wants to, but anyone who stays on top of what is really happening knows that the Democrats in the Senate and House turned it into a months long pi$$ing contest. Bush didn’t have anything to do with the delays.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am
kudos to U.S. Senator John Warner (former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee) for “calling Obama out” on his claims: http://abcnews.go.com/images/Politics/obama022208.pdf