O’Hanlon: Obama needs an Iraq hawk in his cabinet.
By on Nov 12th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
O’Hanlon: Obama needs an Iraq hawk in his cabinet.
Today, Politico’s Arena asked several foreign policy experts, “Who should Obama consider for his foreign policy and national security team?” Brookings Institution analyst and Iraq war hawk Michael O’Hanlon said that Obama needs a cabinet member who is skeptical of a timeline for withdrawal:
It is important that Senator Obama hear from centrists on Iraq, and Susan [Rice] may not be such a person on that subject. As such, given Iraq’s relative importance, it is crucial that in addition to military officers with responsibility for the operation there, at least one key member of the cabinet not be firmly wed to Senator Obama’s ill-advised proposal for a firm and rapid withdrawal schedule from Iraq over the coming 16 to 18 months.
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HAHAHAHA….O’HANLON
THE GUY WHO IS AND WAS CONSISTENTLY WRONG?
YEAH RIGHT……
NEXT!
November 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pmDon’t bother submitting your resume, O’Hanlon.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pmYes — and to be perfectly fair, Obama should make sure that there be a token idiot instead of just going with intelligent people.
Yeah, right.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:00 pmHuman Poverty Index
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 Denmark
6 Germany
16 United States
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pmWe the people, voted to withdraw.
Listen to us or lose us.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pmHuman Poverty Index
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 Denmark
6 Germany
16 United States
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pmO’hanlon’s a fool….and I’m pro timeline, but there’s probably nothing wrong (and everything right) about including people in your cabinet that have different opinions. Sort of like Lincoln’s “Team of Rivals” a la Doris Kearns Goodwin, as opposed to GW’s “team of only those who already agree with me.”
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pmOh yeah, let’s follow the failed policies of the “chicken hawks” into the next administration by all means. It certainly has worked so far. Better yet, let’s keep all the neocons in their present jobs so we can can some more that winning game plan in Iraq.
It’s time for this guy to rejoin us on planet earth.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pmOpinion’s are like butt’s, everyone has one..Seems to me all these looser’s should STFU…Obama did win and can make his own choice’s..Blessings
November 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pmPut O’Hanlon in uniform and send him along with the Kagans to Iraq, sans the body armour that Rumsfeld refused his troops.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pmHi Uhhbama:
November 12th, 2008 at 5:03 pmHigh schools don’t even accept wiki as a primary source. Anyway have you ever actually been to any of those places other than the last one? Just wondering
uhhhbama Says:
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You do realize that the higher the ranking, the LOWER the incidence of poverty, right? That’s why Sweden is #1 and not, say, Burkina Faso or Niger.
Moron.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:04 pmO’Hanlon: If I only had a brain…!
November 12th, 2008 at 5:05 pmThis is OT but important:
Gay Rights Protest tonight in NYC
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
November 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pmTime: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: New York Manhattan Mormon Temple
Street: 125 Columbus Ave at 65th Street
City/Town: New York, NY
It’s too late, O’Hanlon, your little war buddies blew it.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pmMove over Halliburton, and let the real winner of Bush’s Crusade take over.
http://www.infoniac.com/breaking/china-and-iraq-sign-strategic-oil-service-contract.html
“O’Hanlon: Obama needs an Iraq hawk in his cabinet.”
Why? To give all the others someone to laugh at?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:07 pmPoor little trollie.
Dude, you’ve got it BACKWARDS.
Duh.
Idiot. The countries at the BOTTOM of the list are the poorest.
Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
November 12th, 2008 at 5:07 pmThe Privacy Center is total crap. You ass will be gone in no time. Tool! Oh and how come Jiff s now Jess?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:08 pmuhhhbama Says:
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Your stupidity is stunning. That chart measures the probability at birth of a child not surviving to age 60 — the 15 countries above us are doing BETTER at having children survive past 60.
Moron.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pmHey, Toastie – I say we need better trolls. This crop is defective. ;o)
~ A
November 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pmUhhbama:
November 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pmI assume you will be running off now that you look so ridiculous but what the hell did this all have to do with Eraserhead’s ideas about Mr Obama’s cabinet anyway?
AND they are more literate, better employed, and more literate than us.
Sheesh. Get back under your bridge, you moronic troll.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:10 pmBabble Fluster sez… “perhaps if he had some REGULAR PEOPLE n his team instead of stupid politicians, things might REALLY get done!”
Speaking of regular folks, anyone seen or heard from Joe the Plumber lately?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:10 pmI find it highly amusing how many people from the losing party are finding it necessary to advise Obama as to how he should do his job? I don’t remember Democrats “advising” Bush on how to do his job, do you?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:10 pmI’m posting a link to the Wiki article that shows the international poverty ranking. Uhhhbama…you obviously can’t even understand a rather simple chart. Dimwit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Human_Poverty_Index
November 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pmrogerD Says:
It’s time for this guy to rejoin us on planet earth.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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Awww, can’t we just leave him in orbit a bit longer? Earth’s so much better off without the likes of O’Hanlon.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:11 pmI think the problem uhhhbama may be having is that literacy part.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pmDidn’t he get the memo? We voted for a change of direction.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Hey, Toastie – I say we need better trolls. This crop is defective. ;o)
November 12th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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Yah. These pathetic excuses for trolls lack even basic reading comprehension skills. You can thank No Child Left Behind for that one…
November 12th, 2008 at 5:13 pmhussein toasterhead Says:
You do realize that the higher the ranking, the LOWER the incidence of poverty, right? That’s why Sweden is #1 and not, say, Burkina Faso or Niger. Moron.
I always find it amusing when moron trolls end up in making the exact opposite point than the one they thought they were making.
Personally, I would love it if the USA were to be come a socialist nation. They are by far the most peaceful, financially stable governments and by and large their people are the happiest.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pmHey, as you sink into obscurity, you throw what lifelines you can to try and stay relevant.
Unfortunately, the only thing that O’Hanlon remains relevant on is how many different ways you can be wrong …
November 12th, 2008 at 5:16 pmuhhhbama Says: “…Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha”
Did you post this twice to underscore your incomprehension?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:16 pmWhere are numbers 7 thru 15? Or would they be something of an embarrassment to disclose?
uhhhbama Says
November 12th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Human Poverty Index
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 Denmark
6 Germany
16 United States
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
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Just a friendly piece of advice for you:
Before you pompously plop some piece of off-topic blather in a thread, you should really try reading it to make sure it backs up whatever silly point you’re trying to make.
Here, because you totally misread the chart, you have just provided evidence that the countries who practice MORE socialism have less poverty than the ones who don’t.
Sweden is at the top because it has LESS poverty — not more.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:17 pmuhhhbama , Thanx buddy thats the best laugh I’ve had in ages , keep up the humor and please post more often !
November 12th, 2008 at 5:18 pmO’Hanlon needs a turd in his shoe. That might wake him up (but don’t count on it).
Cheers,
November 12th, 2008 at 5:18 pmI was gonna point out the trolls mistake, everyone beat me to it =)
So, I am gonna go this route:
November 12th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
That troll will now have to change his name, but he can’t change teh stupid.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pmIs it just me? I sort of feel bad for uhhhbama. He must feel so embarassed. Let’s all give him a shoutout to cheer him up. What do you say?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pmuhhhbama must be furiously surfing at the moment, trying to top that last offering…
November 12th, 2008 at 5:22 pm#4: uhhhbama Says:
Human Poverty Index
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 Denmark
6 Germany
16 United States
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
Something very unique about this (repeated) comment: The moron who posted it just can’t figger out that the top rankings on the list are those with the lowest (i.e., the most desirable) “human poverty” scores….
Cheers,
November 12th, 2008 at 5:23 pmEraserhead: “It is important that Senator Obama hear from centrists on Iraq”
True, very true. What PRESIDENT ELECT Obama doesn’t need is right wing morons like, uh, you.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:24 pmuhhhbama Says:
Look what country is behind the US on that list: Ireland. Isn’t that the country’s tax rate that McCain was so impressed w/ during the debates?
November 12th, 2008 at 5:25 pmZooey,
November 12th, 2008 at 5:25 pmThe ever changing name is fruitless as they fail to realize that the lame ass pictures always gives it away? Damn the dumb is strong!
“O’Hanlon: Obama needs an Iraq hawk in his cabinet.”
Iraq hawk down.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pmgummitch Says:
In heaven everything is fine… LOL! Nice one, I was wondering why his hair always looks so familiar.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pmO’Hanlon is the Lieberman in the Brookings Institute. They really should suggest (strongly) that he go over to the Hoover Institute of the American Enterprise Institute.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:27 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
Personally, I would love it if the USA were to be come a socialist nation. They are by far the most peaceful, financially stable governments and by and large their people are the happiest.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
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Of course, any actual socialists will tell you that the “socialist” nations on that list are nothing of the sort – they’re at best capitalist hybrids with some socialist tendencies.
Even in the most “socialist” countries, there’s still plenty of inequality and poverty. Very socialist policies such as farm subsidies and price controls can also worsen povertyin developing nations. So it’s not a panacea.
Over-reliance on government can lead to dire economic consequences just as much as over-reliance on the free market. The happy medium is somewhere in the middle, and I think this country can find it if we just get over this paralyzing fear of socialism.
That’s my 2 bits.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:31 pmuhhbama is the Poster Child for the entire Repug Party; confused, angry intellectually challenged and cemented in his stoo-pid beliefs.
Gotta suck to be him, Heh Heh,
November 12th, 2008 at 5:32 pm“We broke Iraq”…?
No, dude, if you expect us to take you the least bit seriously, you need to own your party’s failures:
GEORGE BUSH and the REPUBLICANS broke Iraq.
We’re just left to clean up the filthy mess you and yours made.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:34 pmuhhhbama Says:
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
Are you reading the chart backwards?
The ones at the top have the least povery, dumbass.
No wonder you are a neocon, to stupid to be anything else.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:34 pmThe scary thing is that Obama – no friend to true progressives – will probably do exactly this. Several Republicans will be on his advisory team and in his cabinet. Not much change there…
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/
November 12th, 2008 at 5:34 pm“That’s my 2 bits.”
There is only one true bit and he is yapping about homosexuals below somewhere. Still I can’t see how he turned down a headline with the word abort in it
November 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pmOhanlon:
“Obama needs a key cabinet member who keeps scaring the public,one who injects fear,one who talks about mushroom clouds,WMDS,war with Iran..etc..etc.That kind of a guy…”
November 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pmuhhhbama Says:
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Human Poverty Index
1 Sweden
2 Norway
3 Netherlands
4 Finland
5 Denmark
6 Germany
16 United States
Something very unique about this list. The more socialist the government the more poverty the people experience. Very Surprising !!!! hahahaha
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My GOD you are an idiot. Those ahead of the US on the list have LESS poverty. You are so stupid you should have been drowned at birth
November 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pmHey gummitch. What gives? I dropped the Eraserhead line before you yet you get the kudos! I’m hurt…
November 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pmdbadass Says:
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Is it just me? I sort of feel bad for uhhhbama. He must feel so embarassed.
Don’t feel bad. It seems that the hopelessly stupid seldom feel embarassed. The knucklehead will pop back in to dump another steaming pile of BS and act like nothing ever happened.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pmNettles Says:
What is the prevailing opinion from Obama’s supporters about the whispers (more than whispers now) that President-elect Obama plans on keeping Robert Gates in place at the Pentagon?
I hated Rumsfeld as much as the next guy, but I think that Crocker, Petreaus, and Gates have turned things around for the better in Iraq, though there is obviously a long way to go.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
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Gates is a smarter guy than Rumsfeld, but he’s no saint. I think Obama could do a lot better than keep one of the Iran-Contra veterans around for nostalgia’s sake. I’d like to see Chuck Hagel in the job, personally.
And I really don’t see what Gates, Petraeus, and Crocker have done in Iraq, except for create a Potemkin Country in which the number of car bombings is down. Reduced car bombings doesn’t actually translate to having a stable and viable government in place. All the surge did was put a really really really big band-aid over a gaping wound of ethnic cleansing, balkanization, corporate pilfering, and militia-building.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:38 pm#47 – Nettles, I actually don’t have a problem with Gates staying for a short time, maybe three months or so. He’s such a vast improvement over Rumsfeld, and has actually (I think) done a pretty good job of cleaning up some bad situations. There’s certainly pros and cons about Petraeus staying on as commander of the U.S. Central Command. Odierno deserves a second look, whether or not he should stay on as the Commanding General in Iraq. The bottom line is whether or not Obama believes that he can work with these guys. I was more impressed with Crocker early-on in his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, then it seemed to me that he began to parrot the Bush mantra. Under the right President, he might be terrific.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:40 pmWesley Clark for Sec. of Defense
November 12th, 2008 at 5:41 pmI am okay with Wesley Clark for SoD but as part of the deal I want to see Bill Richardson as SoS. I am willing to offer up Leiberman as part of any trade…
November 12th, 2008 at 5:43 pmI also like either Wesley Clark or Chuck Hagel as Sec.Def.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:45 pmdbadass – yeah, I really like Bill Richardson as Sec. of State. I think he’d be terrific.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:45 pmshoeless Says
November 12th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Don’t feel bad. It seems that the hopelessly stupid seldom feel embarassed. The knucklehead will pop back in to dump another steaming pile of BS and act like nothing ever happened.
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He will probably come in under another name — this blooper was so embarrassing that he probably doesn’t have the guts to come back and admit he blew it.
We will recognize him, though — he will be the one using incorrect terms like “very unique”, especially for things like lists where the term “unique” doesn’t apply.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pmSo a War hawk is CENTRIST?????? Republicans really think words mean whatever they WANT them to mean dont they? They are like Humpty Dumpty
`When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’
November 12th, 2008 at 5:46 pmI now see a few comments that uhhhbama is actually showing the human development index. The Scandinavian countries also have the highest disposal incomes and the highest happiness factor. Sweden also has one of the highest longevity rates, lowest illiteracy rates, lowest unemployment rates (long tern less that 1%), the list goes on and on with these countries. The trashing of our constitution, torture, illegal spying on American citizens, disregard for the rule of law, perpetrated be the likes of George Bush and his conservative cohorts would have never happened in these countries. Uhhhbama’s mis-information and attitude for not caring about the facts is about the most un-American you can get. Maybe someday he and others like him will become true Americans and support all of the great things about this country and other countries of the world. People like him are examples of everything that is wrong in the world.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm00mpp00 Says:
Take your blog whoring elsewhere, fruitcake.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pmWhy does anyone care what OHanlon says – this is the guy who has never been correct.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pmHe is a toady, a sycophant, suffereing from arrested development, who pretends to be an adult.
Eraserhead: “It is important that Senator Obama hear from centrists on Iraq”
When people say centrist I think unelected Washington consensus.
And Im quite sure Obama already knows their position.
November 12th, 2008 at 5:57 pmdbadass Says:
My bad… +1 to you good sir.
OT: Have you seen Anthony Hopkin’s movie “Slipstream”? I was suprised of how much it reminded me of David Lynch’s style.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:03 pm00mpp00 Says:
“The scary thing is that Obama – no friend to true progressives – will probably do exactly this. Several Republicans will be on his advisory team and in his cabinet. Not much change there…”
There’s a couple like Hagel… well 1… that I wouldn’t be mad at.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pmWarhawks, I think, are much of the reason McCain lost. They are not interested in the economy and would put America further into debt.
And O’Hanlon wants more of the same?
November 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pmThere are exactly three people who are listening to O’Hanlon and that is three to many.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:11 pmAnd Michael O’Hanlon has credibility why??
Just saying . . .
November 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pmGood for you, AbleCluster. That suggestion is using the ole bean. What are we, chicken salad? Sen. Obama, widen your circle of advisors please
November 12th, 2008 at 6:12 pmROFL. O’Hanlon… hahahaha.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:25 pm“…ill-advised proposal for a firm and rapid withdrawal…”
As opposed to the ill-advised proposal for a firm and rapid insertion?
November 12th, 2008 at 7:05 pmAhem. Yes, I also believe that Obama should appoint people who are committed to undermining his own policies.
Diversity don’t extend that far, bub.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:05 pmO’Hanlon and Bloody Billy Kristol have been forever wrong about everything. Who listens to these liars?
November 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pmHey AbleCluster, what gives? Loser…
November 12th, 2008 at 9:38 pmO’Hanlon is a delusional fantasist. We listen to him at our peril. We make him relevant by listening.
-AF
November 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Hey Obama, I say it’s really important for you to appoint a hedgehog to a key Pentagon post! Also, a penguin! Do what I say because I’m some guy! DOO EET!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:00 pmDoesn’t he mean fascists? And I’d like to see some real liberals on TV this Sunday. Neither one will happen
November 12th, 2008 at 10:55 pm“It is important that Senator Obama hear from centrists on Iraq.”
Really? Important to whom? To a pack of ego-inflated maniacs
November 13th, 2008 at 3:04 amconcerned with their failed ideology more than with humans, having spent their lives in their cocoon “think-tanks” boosting each other’s egos, many the spoiled brats of their parents semi-demetia elaborated theories on what makes the world go around.
They will continue to be invited as “pundits,” a polite word for wind-bag, to the shows that are watched less and less or serve as sleeping tablets to those who do.
Remember that word, innovation, now reserved for kitchen gadgets and new face-lifting techniques, while thoughts are taken out of the closet covered in dust and cobwebs and these right-wing chatter-boxes explain again and again they just haven’t found the “right” person yet. It is not their fault if Bush/Cheney blotched the job, all they want is for everyone to realize how right they are, listen to their advice and soon it will be the night before Xmas.
Cross their hearts and hope to die, it is not their fault if Santa is no longer coming to town.
Experts?!?
If they were querying experts why would they be talking to a moron like O’Hanlon?
November 13th, 2008 at 11:56 am