From the the Nashua Telegragph’s NH Primary (from Memeorandum):

Obama defended his push to prosecute a tougher military effort to root out al-Qaida on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which drew criticism from primary rivals for sounding too bellicose.

“Now you have narco drug lords who are helping to finance the Taliban, so we’ve got to get the job done there, and that requires us to have enough troops that we are not just air raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there,’’ Obama said.

Campaign spokesman Reid Cherlin said Obama was not endorsing the current Bush policy, which consists solely of air raids and bombing of civilians.

I’m sorry, give me a moment, my eyeballs are on the floor here somewhere. So, Obama, properly chastened by his blithering suggestion the US should march into Pakistan and destabilize a nuclear power and completely turn the political tables against a needed ally, this Obama thinks the way to appear tough on matters of national security is to call our troops murderers and baby killers?

The Taliban are known to hide among civilians. (This would be the same Taliban who does blow up children.) Our military takes great care in trying to avoid civilian casualties. And Obama perverts these efforts for political gain.

In the Old Testament, God referred to the Israelites’ continued pursuit of idols as “adultry.” I think that’s because adultery is taking the love that belongs to one and giving it to another. Pornography does much the same thing. It twists something good. This pandering to an anti-war Left by besmirching the valiant efforts made on our behalf is hardly better than porn.

And it’s our policy to bomb civilians? Captain Ed:

Obama started this primary campaign looking like a man with a future in the Democratic Party. His asinine pronouncements on military affairs and foreign policy now make him look like someone drowning in two feet of water. Besides having a nice voice and a pleasant disposition, the man has nothing to offer. He’s an empty suit, a man who doesn’t engage his brain before activating his jaw.

Taliban to the front of them. Al Qaeda to the right of them. Iran to the left of them. Into the valley of death rode US troops… only to get stabbed in the back by our own politicians.

Our troops are doing the hard work of taking on a dangerous enemy in remote places like the Korengal Valley. Our troops are helping the Afghan Army get on its feet by assisting in operations like Operation Maiwand in Ghazni Province. And Obama thinks our troops are giggling and painting Grim Reaper Scythes on the barracks walls for each village bombed?

We cannot fight this war with one major political party tied behind our backs.

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