Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Speech

Two things: First, the speech was a huge STFU to the Bush defenders, especially the Torturer, of the "you guys have fucked this up and now I have to fix this" tone. Second, the defense of the Karzai government was about as thin as could be. The underlying message to the Afghan government was pretty much "get your shit together."

It should be clear to the world that we've gone from a president who was a semi-literate chickenhawk/wannabee cowboy to a president who knows he has a dirty job to finish off.

Too much hinges on Pakistan. If the Pakistani government keeps on covertly supporting the Taliban, which they have done all along, I don't see how this can end well.
Posted by on or about 21:07

2 comments:

Constitutional Insurgent said...

Not only has Pakistan been aiding the various Taliban entities, but they have come out in their national dailies as opposing the escalation....for very good reason. Their operation in Waziristan has been unsuccessful, but more US troops in Afghanistan may further destabilize their nation.

12/02/2009 7:46 AM
Frank Van Haste said...

Dear Miss Fit:

I share your trepidation, but here is the root of the problem (18 paragraphs into the transcript):

"And the stakes are even higher within a nuclear-armed Pakistan, because we know that al Qaeda and other extremists seek nuclear weapons, and we have every reason to believe that they would use them."

We need to either stabilize Pakistan or melt it. And no one said any of this was going to be easy.

Best regards,

Frank

12/02/2009 8:08 AM

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