If Obama fires McChrystal it will answer my question

librechik

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Tue Jun-22-10 02:59 PM
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If Obama fires McChrystal it will answer my question

Does Obama have the guts to fire ANYBODY???? Or prosecute a WAR CRIME??? Or even scold Justice for illegal wiretapping??? Or close down a hotbed of torture?(Bagram-Guantanamo)

I just don't fucking know...

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polichick

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:02 PM
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1. He fired Van Jones - for doing nothing. nt

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librechik

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:08 PM
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7. good point

Edited on Tue Jun-22-10 03:09 PM by librechik

however, it doesn't reassure me the way I would like. He has the guts to let Limbaugh pressure him into firing a good man over nothing. To me that is not guts, but the opposite.

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Chisox08

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:09 PM
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8. No Van Jones was fired because

"our friends on the other side of the aisle" and Glenn Beck wanted him fired

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DrDan

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:20 PM
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12. nothing?????

he upset Glenn Beck.

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TheDebbieDee

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Tue Jun-22-10 04:05 PM
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15. I thought Van Jones resigned!

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Spazito

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:02 PM
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2. How will you feel your questioned is answered if...

McCrystal resigns? Would that be a sign of Obama's 'guts' or a sign of 'lack of guts'?

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librechik

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:07 PM
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5. I dunno--there is onstage and backstage. I want to get a look at both

before I answer.

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Spazito

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:19 PM
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11. Fair response...

thanks!

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jobycom

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:03 PM
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3. He fired one guy to give McChrystal the job.

"Taking the advice of both the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he also fired Gen. David McKiernan � then the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan � and replaced him with a man he didn't know and had met only briefly: Gen. Stanley McChrystal."

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spanone

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:04 PM
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4. he HAS to fire mcchrystal...and then tell him to go fuck himself

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MineralMan

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:08 PM
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6. Well, we'll soon know what he does. When we do, I'm sure

there will be a lot of discussion about it.

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msongs

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:17 PM
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9. if he does it will be a massive shock to the world lol nt

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jody

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:18 PM
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10. Do you believe "If Obama fires McChrystal" that will change Obama's policies toward Afghanistan? n/t

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librechik

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:57 PM
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14. no, becasue there is no goddam good reason to be there AT ALL. So we must be there for

some bad reason we aren't being told about. So I really don't know for sure what his policy is, or what is being planned.

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jody

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Tue Jun-22-10 06:13 PM
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19. "no" is my expectation also. Obama needs to bring our troops home as rapidly as safety will allow

and let the Afghanistan tribal leaders find their solution to their problem.

We need to fund research for energy other than fossil sources so there will be no excuse to send our men and women and spend our money to kill innocent people.

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fishbulb703

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Tue Jun-22-10 03:27 PM
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13. If I was a boss and my employee said that, you can bet he would be fired.

People will always mock their boss if they don't like him or her, but in Rolling Stone? The guy must have been on something.

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ecstatic

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Tue Jun-22-10 04:35 PM
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16. So...now what? Please enlighten us on how we should interpret things! nt

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librechik

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Tue Jun-22-10 04:46 PM
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17. When I have enough info, I'll be sure to try--though nobody needs to pay

any attention to my opinion. I'm just happy to be able to give it, when asked. I love an anonymous forum, don't you?

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NJmaverick

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Tue Jun-22-10 05:40 PM
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18. Guess you got your answer

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