Taking the Adam Curry view of the world, when al-Qaeda is eliminated in all these places, these forces will be left in place to enforce our control over those countries as the One World Government program of the Bilderberg Group and others pick up steam.
President Obama has secretly sanctioned a huge increase in the number of US special forces carrying out search-and-destroy missions against al-Qaeda around the world, with American troops now operating in 75 countries.
The dramatic expansion in the use of special forces, which in their global span go far beyond the covert missions authorised by George W. Bush, reflects how aggressively the President is pursuing al-Qaeda behind his public rhetoric of global engagement and diplomacy.
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According to The Washington Post, Mr Obama has also approved pre-emptive special forces strikes to disrupt terror plots, and has given the units powers and authority that was not granted by Mr Bush when he occupied the White House.It also emerged yesterday that Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, has ordered the Pentagon to find savings of more than $100 billion (£68 billion) over the next five years to redistribute more funds for combat forces — including special operations units. [...] The effort to provide more money for combat forces in Afghanistan and Iraq — including special operations units — is likely to lead to a clash with Congress, and also with the defence industry if favoured equipment programmes are scrapped.
Awww. The poor Senators and Congressmen can’t get their kickbacks… er, um… campaign contributions from defense contractors for weapon systems we don’t need.
Obama is pursuing the only practical strategy. Combat the terrorist covert war with a superior covert force – special forces.
The Cheney and Rumsfeld administration strategy of fighting terrorism with tanks and howitzers to fight terrorism was expected from a pair of relics from the Vietnam war.
Cleary this strategy is effective, efficient and scalable to fight where the need to be. Furthermore, the great commander in chief that he is, he has eliminated the red tape by empowering the commanders in the field. Again, this is unlike the decision making from Cheney’s bunker.
Only the conservative simpletons would advocate the tired, expensive carpet bombing of camels that Cheney liked.
>> Ah_Yea said, on June 5th, 2010 at 10:44 am
>> Isn’t Obama supposed to be the Hope and Change wonder of the New America??
>> Bowing to every two-bit dictator, apologizing to the world for ills of the evil American Empire, and kissing everybody’s ass?
>> Holding hands and singing kumbaya while heralding the new and everlasting universal peace?
Dude, you need to take a break from the right wing psycho talk. Only the right wing nutcases where saying that about Obama and you seem to actually believe it.
Seriously, step away from the right wing media. Too much of it makes you stupid.
I don’t have a problem with the president telling people that if you want to be friends, we can be friends. If you want to attack us then you will be dead, and Special Forces is the right way to do it.
Also I’m sick to death of hearing about how “we” created all this. We just aren’t all that powerful, sorry to the folks that think we are in “control” of everything.
It’s time to get over ourselves and admit that the world is not in our control and that we do the best we can. If thats not good enough for you, then run for office and make it better.
I KNEW the Obamabot nutjobs would finally get here!
Hello Dallas and GregAllan.
How about actually discussing the issue that Obama is following and expanding the GW Bush playbook, which both of you acolytes crucified Bush for doing.
Didn’t both of you follow the Pre-Obama Democratic party line that these types of attacks increase radicalization of Muslims, thereby creating more terrorist? How overjoyed you were that Obama was not going down the same road??
Oh, I forgot. If Bush did it, it’s bad. If Obama does it, it’s good.
Silly me.
The US can’t be international police.
The main reason we try to be international police is big business due to international corporations who make a lot of political contributions yet their US divisions never make a profit and therefore don’t pay taxes.
The idea of the US maintaining a permanent war against “terrorism” is insane. It isn’t our responsibility, we don’t have the money and it won’t achieve results until helping us go broke counts as a “result”.
Learn from history; empire building always and without exception leads to a collapse.
It hurts me to see the US falling into this trap.
When those troops come home their guns will be pointing at the American people. Everything is going exactly as the true powers had planned it. Obama, is a politician and as such has no power, nor did Bush, or any of their predecessors. They obey their masters. Masters who have become more ambitious and won’t be content until they control us all. Revolution is the only thing they fear. So they keep the people fearful and paranoid and prepare for that which they cannot avoid.
#26 Agree the US is and has been going down the slippery slope of empire building. This Republican led strategy is costing > half trillion annual to sustain and a big business (Haliburton, Ratheon,..) propping up republican thugs in Congress.
The Bush Iraq war has been quite the boon as we all know. However, don’t confuse fighting true enemies with empire building – Pres Obama knows the difference.
The Busheeple in here like to blend the two to support the GOP’s rebranding plans of tying Bush’s policy with Obama’s.
Warmly smile, speak softly, and put a maverick missile in their front door.
I’m starting to really like Obama.
Dallas said, “Obama is pursuing the only practical strategy. Combat the terrorist covert war with a superior covert force – special forces.”
Yes, the 30k troop increase in Af was mostly spec forces. ROFLMAO!
Keeping shilling for Obie I.