are needed in Afghanistan. Rough night
5/14/2008 1:24:17 PM
can you provide some links on this, or is this another 'brought to you by Rush/Fox' moment?
5/14/2008 1:36:34 PM
"We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then its harder for us to use them in Afghanistan," I saw it on abc news. He just said it last night. Im sure you will hear more of it.
5/14/2008 1:52:53 PM
Yeah, he also realized his mistake right away, without someone whispering in his ear.[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 2:05 PM. Reason : that someone being joe lieberman]
5/14/2008 2:05:14 PM
I thought messiahs dont make mistakes.Yes it was a gaffe, but it made me laugh. Just spouting some more shit off that is "wasted in iraq that would be better used in afghanistan."
5/14/2008 2:15:49 PM
why don't you make a list of everything he spouts so everyone in the internet can see how flawed he is
5/14/2008 2:18:27 PM
Because he did that in San Francisco when he thought the cameras weren't rolling.
5/14/2008 2:20:26 PM
it wouldnt matter to some. clearly. The funny thing is that in afghanistan they dont speak arabic. That is the funny part. The dishonest part is that he states that we are using up our translators in Iraq when they would be better served in afghanistan. When in truth we use locals to translate. IN case you were interested, which i doubt.[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM. Reason : .]
5/14/2008 2:21:25 PM
you don't understand eyedrb, when obama is elected, terpball is going to burst into a fine mist blood screaming for ecstacy after which he will no longer be contained by a physical body to contain his emotion for this manhopefully you can understand his views better now
5/14/2008 2:21:26 PM
5/14/2008 2:22:13 PM
lol @ arabic translators needed in afghanistan^you are right, he didn't make sense. In San Francisco he didn't make a mistake, he just blatently said he hated rural white people and their religion[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]
5/14/2008 2:24:10 PM
5/14/2008 2:26:22 PM
*snore*
5/14/2008 2:29:43 PM
I do know we have translators in our armed forces. Its the claim that somehow afghanistan is somehow worse off bc we have translators in iraq that I find dishonest.[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 2:53 PM. Reason : .]
5/14/2008 2:52:52 PM
Some of you are trivial as hell.
5/14/2008 2:55:31 PM
LOL. Ive stated that I thought his mistake was funny to me. I also found the statement, despite the gaffe, to be dishonest. But I guess that does seem "trivial" to some.
5/14/2008 3:28:55 PM
shoe, meet other foot.
5/14/2008 3:31:20 PM
If this isn't a 'big deal' then why not post it in one of the 40 other Obama threads? You post no links, no actual commentary, and add nothing real to any discussion.Don't try to retroactively justify yourself by saying, "what i meant when i made this thread was that obama is shady because he's dishonest, like i'm being right now by trying to justify a stupid thread with things i thought up after the fact."
5/14/2008 3:42:44 PM
some republican politician didnt know the difference in Sunni and Shiia (cant remember which politician) and you guys had a field daybut BHO does something similar...meh...no big deal
5/14/2008 3:44:18 PM
Are you talking about Bush? Because the President (regardless of party) not knowing the details about the people he is actively pursuing a war against is a pretty big deal.
5/14/2008 3:46:14 PM
Is that how you see it monky? I found it to be funny. Almost like he cant keep amount of shit straight that is being "wasted" in iraq when it would clearly be better off in afghanistan.He said it last night, Im sure you will hear more about it. Although most of the media has been focused on the beating he took last night.^He is talking about mccain, as terp mentioned it earlier.[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : ..]
5/14/2008 3:46:44 PM
^^i'm pretty sure it wasnt Bush but I just cant remember who it was^that sounds right[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 3:49 PM. Reason : .]
The bigger deal than West Virginia was Childers beating his republican opponent in a heavily republican district despite the NRCC pulling out some of their biggest guns (Cheney campaigned for the guy) and flooding the area with money.
5/14/2008 3:50:19 PM
That IS a big deal, now go start your own thread on it.
5/14/2008 4:06:04 PM
Arabic translators would be needed in Afghanistan since al Qaeda is an Arab organization. Not only are we fighting the Taliban in Aghanistan, we are also fighting al Qaeda. So no, it isn't an error.
5/14/2008 4:43:39 PM
^ah, so why did he feel the need to correct himself? as terp mentioned. Sheep I tell ya
5/14/2008 5:06:42 PM
I have no idea what the hell this is even about. But we do need Arab translators in Afghanistan to fight al Qaeda.Plus, Arabic is practically an international language for the various ethnic groups who have their own linguisitic histories and dialects.[Edited on May 14, 2008 at 5:07 PM. Reason : .]
5/14/2008 5:07:26 PM
^hahahaand italian is the root of all european languages too. lol
5/14/2008 5:20:11 PM
whats wrong with bho saying that?
5/14/2008 5:21:52 PM
^ well if it isn't mr. al gore himself
5/14/2008 5:22:26 PM
lol seriously though...whats wrong with saying some of the arabic translators deployeed in iraq are needed in afghanistan?
5/14/2008 5:23:25 PM
5/14/2008 5:26:27 PM
oh is this some semantic "afghanistan is durka durka, not arabic" type thing?
5/14/2008 5:27:33 PM