We Need a Wartime President

Yes, you're right, the War in Iraq wasn't ORIGINALLY about Al-Qaeda. But it is now, which makes it that much more vital we stay the course and ensure we are successful (read my post just below yours)

Terrrorism is not limited to al Qaeda. Iran is Terrorism central. State sponsored terrorism is a real danger and not only in the Middle East. Whether we need a war president is a stupid question. We need a President who will know what to do if events dictate there will be another war. Obama is not that man.

"It is by now overwhelmingly clear that Al Qaeda and its philosophy are not the worldwide leviathan that they were once portrayed to be. Both have been losing support over the last seven years."

I wonder why? The war CAN'T have anything to do with it. Liberals are so dense. Al Qaeda recruitment is diminishing in Islamic countries in large part because the potential recruits are beginning to realize that if they choose to fight the US it's equivalent to a death sentence... 72 virgins notwithstanding.

Radical Islamists declared war on the US in 1979. Through the Iranian hostage crisis to the US embassy bombings, the USS Cole, the first Trade Center bombing and finally the WTC collapse we've been willfully blind to the fact that we were at war. Bush is the first president to actually fight back. I think that might qualify him as a "war president."

This author is getting ridiculous. Bush doesn't "like" to be called a war president, and Slick Barry Obama will be an embarassment on an international scale. War is still REAL, whether you like it or not, Fareed. *** http://SlickBarry.com ****

the kool-aid recipe is the reason you should not vote for him it sums up his reasons for running and if you think he's qualified to be president then you have been slipped a micky so to speak someone slipped you some obama kool-aid check his record his votes but most important check his agenda and ask your self is this who i want to run the country ! think about his tax plan think about his willing to give free health care to 15 million illeagles think about his forgien policy or lack there of think about all his plans and if you feel like he's the one take some ipecac syrup because you've ingested his kool-aid then go vote for someone who will get this country back on track i prefer the John McCain/ Mitt Romney ticket hopfully thats who will win the election in november if Obama gets it we are gonna have a hard row to hoe !!

I laughed out loud last night when I read the stretch for an article. The fellows in the photo that comes with this article surely must think the author has lost his mind. "oh, don't mind the bullets, this is not really a war!" The author is losing his intellectual honesty as we get closer and closer to coming of the Messiah, Barrack Hussein Obama.

To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting. -Sun Tzu, the Art of War

The issue of this presidential campaign is not just important to the USA, it is actually crucial for the rest of the civilized world.

So, please stop this childish and cheap pro-Obama propaganda.

Express your opinions with honesty, not according to your particular taste or special interests. Opinions, like Clint Eastwood said, are like ***, everyboy's got one. Thus we do not need your "opinion", we need a key to understand the situation and the event which are complex, difficult and appear even more fuzzy because of your irresponsibility and failure.

Those of you who think that all it takes for the war to end is for us to stop fighting do not have the first clue about the nature of our enemy. They have publicly stated their goal, and our way of life, our freedom, our smug stupid prosperity (uufouyou) have no place in their vision of their future. War has been declared and waged on us by fanatics, and until they are gone or we submit to their vision we will be at war whether we acknowledge it or not. It makes not one whit of difference for whom we vote - our enemy is at war with us until the bitter end.

Want war and an unstable economy for years to come? Vote McCain
Want peace and a stable economy? Vote Obama
I'm voting for Obama, because I care about Americas future, not Iraq's.

You may not think you are at war. I doubt a lot of America does, but for Grunts like myself, we see things very
differently. Some of us know what we are fighting for, the rest of us find a reason once we get there. Frankly, from the day a nation is conceived, a nation is bleeding to death. A true citizen of that country throws everything at the problem, potentially even his life- because he knows what can happen. George may not have made some of the best decisions, but at least something was done. The reason Iraq and Afghanistan have grown in terrorism levels is because the single-most threat to their operation is there, and kicking sand in their collective faces. There is progress in Iraq. I saw it firsthand. There is progress in Afghanistan. However, it becomes inconvenient to our people and they would much rather give up. So that all who fought and died would have lost their lives for nothing. There were dissenters and protesters in every war. I am not going to point fingers and call names- that would look bad upon my organization. But I will say this:

America, many of you have forgotten many things. You've forgotten us, over there. You have forgotten how you came about and the struggles your predecessors have gone through. Most of you do not know the true meaning of "pain", "loss", "suffering", and "sacrifice" . Many of you believe in an ideal, but shirk at every opportunity to defend or advocate it. Many of you dismiss reality with the click of a mouse or the changing of the channel. So what US troops are being killed because they are not allowed to do their job (because war is too "ugly".) , God forbid you miss "American idol".

I blame the world Americans and their counterparts live in today, and the out of control media that affects their judgment.
The ability to escape from reality and abandon responsibility. People can change the channel all they want, but eventually what they see on television will soon be visible from their own window.

I get a kick of some of the Republofairy trolls knocking "weak effeminsate liberals". Let's face it , the Right is the home of self hating closeted white male homosexuals. These guys probably get paid by thr inc!

It is the central reason why the American people are going to elect a socialist. There is no silent Progressive majority. Just a concensus that we must dail it back and spool it in on Iraq - a huge mistake.

Fareed Zakaria,

I wish you studied history a little more than it appears you have. Your article displays your lack of understanding of world affairs. You should do your homework before you print such irrisponsible babble. Your arguments are not butrussed by facts. You have much to learn. I wish I had the time to teach you all the knowledge you lack. But since I do not, I reccomend that you get a library card and do some serious reading...

Bill Clinton initiated hostilities in the Balkans twice? As I recall it, he had the Air Force drop bombs, from 30,000 feet, on the CIVILIAN population of SERBIA. And I don't recall that little piss ant, Rockefeller, saying that made the RAPIST morally unquailified for anything. These Libs, the Zakarias of the world, they just REFUSE to live in this world the way IT IS. The only reason that they can agitate, and preach their milksop garbage, and criticize REAL men and women who fight and die to keep us free, is BECAUSE, REAL men and women fight and die to keep us free. The weak, effeminate Liberals in this country make me sick, And they're gonna get us ALL KILLED one day.

Fareed Zakaria,

I realized with your first statement, how your article was headed. " President Bush is FOND of calling himself a War President". I do not believe our president is "fond" of being a war president. I believe he is a reluctant war president, and yes, he IS a war president. That you compare the conflicts in the Balkins, Panama and Kuwait as the same as our war in Afganistan and Irag, shows your ignorance of what our nation faces. We were attacked in our homeland on 9/11, as we were at Pearl Harbor. That you make such a cavalier statement is sad. You sould know better.

We cannot afford it.

This article reminds me of the story about the two ostriches who saw that they were being stalked by a predator. They broke into a trot, a lope, and finally an all-out gallop, and still the predator gained ground on them. So they stopped and buried their heads in the sand.