Comments on: Does the President’s Peace Prize Send A Message of Weakness To America’s Enemies? Probably Not

By: Don Smith

Don Smith — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:50:00 +0000

And those are…?
I agree that TucsonCitizen.com could use a good, rousing discussion on what the way forward in Afghanistan should be. This particular blog article, however, is not the place for that. Given work committments, I don’t have the time necessary (right now) to write a proper blog entry on this subject.

However, that wasn’t the point of this blog article. THIS was the thesis statement of this article: Because America demonstrated its willingness to strike back after 9/11, anyone who threatens us now has been put on warning that we can and will strike back if provoked.

By: fortbuckley

fortbuckley — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:12:20 +0000

Nice try

By: leftfield

leftfield — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:44:08 +0000

Say it isn’t so, Don. I can’t live on a steady diet of cotton candy.

By: winnieo

winnieo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:25:23 +0000

It’s good to see you are giving up the blog, Don. I think it’s bad for your mental health.

You think there are no Girl Scouts in other countries being killed and/or maimed by your friend the daisy cutter. Come back to reality – find your way somehow. You’ll make the world a better place.

By: winnieo

winnieo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:39:50 +0000

“I’m the one advocating the options we can actually execute.”

And those are…?

By: micmarine

micmarine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:44:32 +0000

Man alive can you dance. For starters, Marines do not display wisdom we embody it.
I won a bet Sir Donald. We out here in Yuma figured you would not answer any concrete questions. So, you want us to pick one?.. Okee dokee then, I suppose it is less taxing that way.
Where are the troops needed going to found? Try to answer without so much toxic editorial.

By: Don Smith

Don Smith — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:08:34 +0000

Sir Smith, your flippancy is akin to flinching in the face of intellectual honesty. It's hard for me to take you seriously when you criticize my "flippancy," but start off your sentence with "Sir Smith." We all know the proper title is "Sir Donald"---didn't they teach you that in the Marines? So where will the troops come from? What is option 8? What was the reason we pulled out of Mogadishu? What role did the Pentagon serve in that decision? Where do you get your information and who are your sources? Pick one, and I might answer it. Well, to be honest, probably not---but who knows? I could use a chuckle. I do noticed that when pinned for some hard core solutions or remedies your comments turn to flippancy and attack. I hereby place myself on record as advocating liberal applications of high explosive on Taliban and al Qaeda. Especially the ones running rape rooms, shooting women in soccer stadia and throwing acid on girls trying to go to school. Please delineate here your concrete concerns about this President, and your equally concrete solutions to the worries that so worry you. No, I have better things to do with my time. Next? In my Marine Corps career we learned to salute the rank, not the man. How were you taught? The Army taught me not to use it as a shield to hide behind when I stated my personal opinions in public. We also were not allowed to rant, if we did not have wisdom to add to the good of the order. Well, micmarine, you've certainly put your wisdom on display here. What do you have to add to the good of the order, outside oppositional thinking? I'm the one advocating the options we can actually execute. It's President Obama that's making it sound as if all is well with the world, now that he's president. Yes, European nations may like us more, but they're still military inept and inadequate. If you were a Taliban warlord, would you be intimidated by them? By President Obama?

By: micmarine

micmarine — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:50:47 +0000

Sir Smith, your flippancy is akin to flinching in the face of intellectual honesty. So where will the troops come from? What is option 8? What was the reason we pulled out of Mogadishu? What role did the Pentagon serve in that decision? Where do you get your information and who are your sources?
When I read these Citizen posts I see you enjoy tossling with Leftfield and it is quite a treat to read both of your ripostes, yet I do noticed that when pinned for some hard core solutions or remedies your comments turn to flippancy and attack. Is this the way you want our children to govern our fine nation?

Presidents do not operate in a solitary closet, if General Jones suggests we hold the line, the chances are pretty high that Obama will follow suit. Please delineate here your concrete concerns about this President, and your equally concrete solutions to the worries that so worry you. In my Marine Corps career we learned to salute the rank, not the man. How were you taught? We also were not allowed to rant, if we did not have wisdom to add to the good of the order. What do you have to add to the good of the order, outside oppositional thinking?

By: radmax

radmax — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:51:18 +0000

PS- Anybody who thinks Sadam didn’t chortle with glee at events of 9-11, or harbor terrorists when it suited him, lives on another plane than the real world.

By: radmax

radmax — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:41:41 +0000

Excellent reply fortbuckley. There are those who wish to be safe, and those who enable us to be safe.