Under those rules, Marines and soldiers are being denied artillery and air support for fear of killing civilians and are restricted to samll arms firefights, and the Taliban is obviously using that to its tactical advantage. Just think of the insanity of the current situation and the suicidal position this administration has placed these warriors in. So, we're supposed to defend the population, but we can't defend them because we can't engage the enemy fully.

The military says the new rules, while riskier in the short run, will ultimately mean fewer casualties. Ohhh….. errrrr…. is that why we had 60 casualties since last month and had a firebase almost overrun.

I would hire Obama as the assistant dishwasher on the third shift in a greasy soul food joint in the baddest part of town let alone have this panty waisted silver tongue as the commander in chief.

“The National Insurance Act 1911 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act is often regarded as one of the foundations of modern social welfare in the United Kingdom and forms part of the wider social welfare reforms of the Liberal Government of 1906-1914. The increasing influence of the Labour Party among the population had put the Liberals under pressure to enact social legislation.
The Act was passed in two stages. The National Insurance Act Part I provided for a National Insurance scheme with provision of medical benefits and the National Insurance Act Part II provided for time-limited unemployment benefit . The scheme was to be based on actuarial principles and it was planned that it would be funded by a fixed amount each from workers, employers and the government. The scheme from Part II was restricted to particular industries and neither made any provision for dependants. By 1913 2.3 million were insured under the scheme for unemployment benefit and almost 15 million insured for sickness benefit.
A key assumption of the Act was an unemployment rate of 4.6%. At the time the Act was passed unemployment was at 3% and the fund was expected to quickly build a surplus. Under the Act, employees contributions to the scheme were to be compulsory and taken by the employer before the workers salary was paid.
Britain was not the first country to provide insured benefits; Germany had provided compulsory national insurance against sickness from 1884. Sections of the Conservative party opposed the Act considering that it was not for taxpayers to pay for such benefits. Some trade unions who operated their own insurance schemes and friendly societies were also opposed.
The Act was important as it removed the need for unemployed workers, who were insured under the scheme, to rely on the stigmatised social welfare provisions of the Poor Law. This led to the end of the primacy of the Poor Law as a social welfare provider, resulting in the Poor Law finally being abolished in 1926.
A key figure in the implementation of the Act was Robert Laurie Morant.”

That was all Winton's doing as a member of the Liberal Party.

Churchill is a progressive liberal.

I bet neither one of you knuckleheads knew that!

So quoting a liberal as a great leader to somehow put a stupid spin on it to bash another supposedly liberal is — well — simply retarded.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Government...

If you go this link and study Churchill's title, you will embarrass yourself enough to see that Churchill merely another WWII hero that is a progressive — a long line of them if I may add at!!!

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stupid idiots

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The General is not into politics, he's into winning, and his military responsibility. Imagine that! Good for the General.

Meanwhile Obama fiddles and dithers, taking on a news outlet. How decisive. How brave, proving once again that a thugocracy is nothing if not dictatorial at home, and spineless when action requires real risk of losing popularity with others who give him meaningless prizes. God help us!

If this crew had been in charge during WWII, we'd have stopped after the first hour at the beaches of Normandy.

We need to call them what they are: Cowards.