tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post5323540234927978026..comments2023-12-05T07:50:19.855-05:00Comments on No Oil for Pacifists: "Oceana Was Always At War With Eurasia" of the Day@nooil4pacifistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-8407556785230133492009-05-07T11:24:00.000-04:002009-05-07T11:24:00.000-04:00> This is simply proof that Obama is a) not an ...> This is simply proof that Obama is a) not an idiot<br /><br />Correction:<br /><br />a) not a <I>complete</I> idiot<br /><br /><br />It really does require the qualifying adjective. He is politically astute, this is hardly something to doubt, and the tenability of actually releasing any of them and then having them turn back up involved in some plot against the USA or even Europe (who, frankly, deserves anything that hits them... even the UK, considering the Sharia/Islam BS going on over there) would be risking political suicide.<br /><br />> and b) able to do a cost benefit analysis<br /><br />Only in the political sense. Dems have ALWAYS been able to do that much. About the only form of the notion they grasp, but at least some of them certainly have that part down. It's one of the main things that keeps them viable.<br /><br />Would that the idiots in the GOP were capable of such -- they wouldn't have gone out past the middle while chasing the Center-Left.OBloodyHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992539380115488567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-70989511938877202872009-05-07T11:12:00.000-04:002009-05-07T11:12:00.000-04:00I'll take "not an idiot"--it's better than the fir...I'll take "not an idiot"--it's better than the first 100 days.@nooil4pacifistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688417615117569825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6427940.post-8818044799684352092009-05-07T00:40:00.000-04:002009-05-07T00:40:00.000-04:00I seriously doubt this constitutes Obama "growing ...I seriously doubt this constitutes Obama "growing in office." This is simply proof that Obama is a) not an idiot; and b) able to do a cost benefit analysis. Indeed, he amply demonstrated during the campaign that the latter drives him rather than any particular set of principles, all of which come with an expiration date. In this instance, even the chairman of the board of the ACLU, were he in Obama's shoes, would realize that releasing KSM and company for lack of evidence in a criminal court may well also mark the effective end to his presidency.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.com