Obama’s retreat from Moscow

[Cyrano]

Oh, sorry, that was Napoleon. He defeated everyone who stood in his way, walked into Moscow in victory, and was then crazy enough to wait for the Russian winter to come along. He was forced to retreat back to France. And he lost his army along the way.


Dear Mr. President:

You beat every opponent you encountered. You owned Washington, D.C. and the goodwill of the people. And you had a popularity rating beyond envy. But somehow, you managed to blow it due to the ice water that the Republican Party dumped on your parade. (Not to mention the back-stabbing by pseudo-Democrats.) And you also managed to lose the army of people who stood behind you.

I have no idea what you will do next, or how you will salvage the congressional elections that will take place less than 10 months from now. You may find a way to pull it out. Or the thugs of the other party may crush us.

But here are my questions. Why did you play with our dreams? Why did you appeal to our better instincts? Why did you raise our hopes? Why did you fill our heads with the illusion of a better world? And even if you believe you didn’t con us, why did you con us?

Your Russian winter is upon you, Sir. You’re on the defensive and trying to figure out what the hell went wrong. But, most tragically, Sir, you’ve lost us – your army.

Do you really believe you’ll get the online contributions that you got the last time around?

Do you really believe the admiration of you, and faith in you, still exist?

Do you really believe we’re going to fall for the same line of crap again?

Do you really believe we’re going to be there for you when you haven’t been there for us?

Sir, you are in deep trouble. But more importantly, “We The People” are in deep trouble. And your response to date has been less than adequate. The clock is running on you, Sir. But more importantly, it’s running on us.

Respectfully,

A Former Believer

[midnight]

1. No more waiting... Get the job of putting America back to work done....

[babylonsister]

2. Obama sending top officials to Moscow to finalise START

Obama sending top officials to Moscow to finalise START


http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/10211021.htm

[Captain Hilts]

3. That isn't the point the OP is making here. nt

[babylonsister]

7. Yes, I 'get' it. Obama is a shlub, again. I don't agree, but tried to

dispel part of this b.s. rant.

[Cyrano]

4. I'm thrilled. Assuming some sort of agreement is reached,

we'll no longer be able to blow up the entire world about 1,000 times over. We'll only be able to do it a couple of hundred times. Same for the Russians.

The insanity of the human species defies description.

And on edit: Captain Hilts is right. That's not the point of this post.

[babylonsister]

8. The point of the post? To diss a Dem Prez who has

at least done more than the previous prez in one year that the prior one did in 8, besides destroying so much?

The current President trying to clean up the mess?

Yea, he sucks. :eyes:

[FarCenter]

5. The reason that Napoleon had to retreat was that Moscow, a wooden city, burned down

It burned after the city was occupied. Possibly it was set on fire by the Russians remaining in the city. More likely, it was set on fire by the carelessness of Napoleon's occupying force. Certainly, they did not arrange efficient fire control to keep accidental fires from spreading until the city was largely destroyed.

It looks like the Democratic Party will act with all the same responsibility as the Grande Armée.

[emilyg]

6. I was going to tell you

that you wasted my time. Glad I read the whole thing. k/r

[emsimon33]

9. Yep, you hit the nail on the head!