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General McChrystal Actions

Maddow (6/23):


[T]he behavior of General McChrystal captured by a reporter with unfettered access to him did not just show indiscipline or insubordination, they called into question the military doctrine that General McChrystal championed....

[The strategy is:] You can't kill your way to victory. Instead, the goal is to secure population centers, set up Afghan governance, set up governance that itself keeps insurgents in check even after the military campaign is over.

....if General McChrystal, if he is the guy responsible for that strategy and preaching that strategy that requires unity of effort between the military and all of these non-military people who are needed to win a war like this, you can't both be that guy and be the guy who's talking smack about all of the non-military people who even you say are essential to your mission. You can't be the guy who says that's necessary and the guy who talks all that smack.

How is it that Rachel Maddow zeroed in on this obvious point, and everyone else pretty much seemed to miss it, the way that Rip Van Winkle missed the Revolutionary War? Maddow's lonely grasp of the central contradiction in the McChrystal affair staring us right in the face shows once again how totally and utterly clueless the entire Versailles establishment really is.

YouTube - Blood, Sweat & Tears in the Gulf-Oil Spill 2010 Full Copy

Blood, Sweat & Tears in the Gulf-Oil Spill 2010 Oil spill photos set to music.
Blood Music (Moody Blues - The Voyage)
Sweat Music (The Business of America)
Tears Music (Moody Blues - Melancholy Man)
A Way of Life Music (Phil Collins - Look Through My Eyes)
I selected music relevant to the photos. The video was done in 5 segments.
One called Blood, one called Sweat, one called Tears and one called A Way of Life with a finale added to display website organizations to save the coast.
I wanted to make a video that relayed what was happening here in the Southern United States--the huge price that was paid-the Blood, the hard work that will go on for a long time-the Sweat, the worry of lost lifestyle, culture and livelihood-the Tears and to give the viewer an idea about A Way of Life that is enjoyed and is special to us with the song (Look Through My Eyes)

YouTube - Blood, Sweat & Tears in the Gulf-Oil Spill 2010 Full Copy

Oil Spill 2010 Heartbreak in Paradise

How Obama Haters May Help Democrats in Midterm Elections - TIME

Within the overheated conservative bubble there is little room for discussions of serious policy alternatives to deal with America's problems, reminders that the country is typically drawn to optimistic candidates (like Reagan and Obama) and weighty appeals to the center of the electorate. If Obama is the worst President ever, as conservatives seem to believe, why do they need to say anything more than that to take control of Congress and then get rid of him? But while the conservatives' ultimate condemnation rallies their core supporters and resonates with some centrist voters, over time it is unlikely to produce a majority against the Administration.

It can't be pleasant for Obama to be the subject of such attacks. And solving the country's major problems in a bipartisan fashion will be difficult under these rancorous circumstances. But as long as those trying to beat him are blind to the fact that tens of millions of voting Americans think Obama is doing a fine job, this President has a great ally in his enemies.



Read more: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1993050,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly#ixzz0qKGZP3gr
How Obama Haters May Help Democrats in Midterm Elections - TIME