Posted on 09/22/2009 4:21:05 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
This Washington Post story captures the stark divide over Afghanistan, with a unified military command on the one side including McChrystal, Mullen, and Petraeus and a president who is not sure he wants to follow through on "the counterinsurgency strategy he set in motion six months ago" on the other.
There's this anonymous quote from one observer: "He can send more troops and it will be a disaster and he will destroy the Democratic party.
Or he can send no more troops and it will be a disaster and the Republicans will say he lost the war."
Isn't this extraordinary? Obama will roil the Democratic party by sending more troops to fight the war that Democrats have said for years is the "necessary war" (in Obama's words), the central war in the fight against terror, etc., etc.
It's hard to imagine a starker demonstration of bad faith on an important issue of national security.
(Excerpt) Read more at corner.nationalreview.com ...
Obama WILL SEND TROOPS in the end, but he will reduce the number of troops.
The Dems can’t save him if he pisses of the Independent voters.
He cannot “Campaign” his way out of this one, a DECISION IS REQUIRED.
If he Says NO.....his YOU LIE label sticks like Superglue.
I was in Vietnam during the draw down in 1972.
God bless you fellow Nam’er. I left in 71. Ankhe, Duc Pho, Quang Tri and Chu Lai. It was pure politics that claimed 58,000 lives and our troops in Afghanistan don’t need a repeat of that farce.
Looks like from where Zero is standing it’s damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. That much pleases me but I worry about the troops and the country. We all will ultimately pay the price regardless.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: If they make a mistake, I dont want them punished with a baby.
We can only hope that he does just that.
He wouldn't have made it out of Marine boot camp.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Obama finally gets a real job and he’s learning how to do it. Unfortunately for all of us, his first real job is the presidency.
These are the usual suspects. The State Department Pro-Arab Marxists who have been working against American interests for 60 years. They want to see America defeated and humiliated and will work tirelessly with the Democrat Party and the New York Times to make it so.
This will be Obama’s Vietnam; Obama will be the next Lyndon Johnson. Afghanistan is a quagmire. I never understood why libs always called it the good war, it is the unwinnable and stupid war.
Obama has been "promoted" so far beyond his level of incompetence that it completely blasts the Peter Principle out of the water. I can't even think of another example that comes close to this.
not in word or deed of course but deeeeep down inside... there thinkin' it! /s
And just how is that relevant to the Democrats?
Usually if you hit em hard in the head that will do it
Wh0res for satan are... well... wh0res for satan... and obama is his b!tch!
LLS
It is safe to come back, her character is gone.
The same Hillary that insulted Gen Petraeus during the congressional hearings on Iraq
Good points all, but it’s not even a question of readiness. Obama hates the country he now leads. He could have had a resume longer than GHW Bush and it wouldn’t matter. He should not be President of the United States. It’s like putting Xaviera Hollander in charge of a nunnery: just plain wrong.
He was GIVEN a degree he didn't earn because of the color of his skin.
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