L.O.L.

Last night, I was able to have some dialogue with a total stranger on FaceBook. I enjoyed it.  We both had differing opinions but our conversation was civil and respectful. Unfortunately for him, he was wrong!

One of my old neighbors posted, "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. ... Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better." --Senator Barack Obama 3/20/2006

A guy replied, "oh yeah, the Republicans will save us. Oh wait, it was a Republican that drove the economy in to the ground, got us in to two wars that we obviously need to be in."

I really couldn't let this one go. And I didn't even agree with Bush's policies toward the end of his administration.

I get so tired of the "Blame Bush" mantra from the Left.  It is so old and so predictable.  So I replied, " Glad the wars were brought up. If Barry's base would do their homework they would know according to the Congressional Research Service, Afghanistan will still cost $113.7 billion compared to the $43.5 billion spent in 2008, President Bush’s last year. Iraq will be much cheaper than before, but this decline was already in the works. In late 2008, President Bush signed the Status of Forces Agreement, setting the Iraq draw down in motion. If anything, Obama has slowed down the withdrawal and now will keep the US there way past 2011. Meanwhile, the "stepped-up" war in Afghanistan has offset much of the savings we could have expected in Iraq.

And this is just the financial cost. Last year 559 U.S. troops died in Iraq and Afghanistan — significantly more than the 469 who died during Bush’s final year in office." 

My point is this. As a senator and presidential candidate, Barack Obama criticized President Bush’s war policies. But instead of changing course, President Obama has tripled down in Afghanistan, widened the war into Pakistan, multiplied the drone attacks, bombed Yemen and Somalia and started an undeclared NATO war in Libya.  

Just another example of Obama's L.O.L.....Lack of Leadership.
Another epic fail for this Administration!