tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024955889759249523.post4262439000583747120..comments2023-11-05T08:43:42.262+00:00Comments on John Barrys Blog: No surprise that Socialist stronghold Berlin had large turn out for ObamaJohn Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492900180819129920noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024955889759249523.post-87403468618470493062008-07-26T14:00:00.000+01:002008-07-26T14:00:00.000+01:00In Europe Obama has rock star status. It is a medi...In Europe Obama has rock star status. It is a media thing. What was noticeable was that when he called for greater European military support for the US in the Middle East the reaction of the crowd in Berlin was muted. They assumed that Obama was going to pull the US out of Afghanistan as well as Iraq.<BR/>These lefties are not prepared to fight in any war-justified or unjustified.<BR/>Finally in relation to Afghanistan, it is important to fight terrorism but the US needs to bear in mind-and this applies to both McCain and Obama- that neither Britain or the old USSR could fully conquer Afghanistan. It was a Russian graveyard and could quite easily turn out the same for the US and Britain. <BR/><BR/>It is very difficult terrain and has an indigenous population,a large section of which cannot be trusted.<BR/>Brute force on its own will not succeed.<BR/>It necessary to infiltrate terrorist groups and attempt to demoralise them. They could learn from Israel in relation to intelligence gathering. This is no easy task in Afghanistan or Iraq. <BR/><BR/>The US needs to box clever.<BR/>If it gets sucked in too deeply into Afghanistan it will find it difficult to extricate itself.John Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492900180819129920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6024955889759249523.post-9173958433981343212008-07-26T05:56:00.000+01:002008-07-26T05:56:00.000+01:00If Obama can turn out 200,000 people in Berlin sho...If Obama can turn out 200,000 people in Berlin shouldn't the conservatives with their message and John McCain be able to do the same in at least one location? He may be preaching to the liberals as you say. I'm a conservative and am still waiting for John McCain to say one new thing, one new position on something, anything! If the US really had a good third party and someone who could lead us I would vote for him or her. Most of us are fed up with both parties lies.rainywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445164335609548931noreply@blogger.com