Obama's plan? what plan? Despite his claims, the president has no Afghan strategy

NY Post ^ | September 27, 2009 | AMIR TAHERI

[Scanian]

Throughout last year’s presidential campaign, Barack Obama lambasted the Bush administration for fighting “the wrong war” in Iraq and ignoring the right one in Afghanistan. Iraq was a “war of choice,” Obama claimed, while Afghanistan was a “war of necessity.”

Repeatedly, he claimed that, if elected president, he’d unveil a new “stronger, smarter and comprehensive strategy.”

In March, in one of those solemn-looking occasions in which he excels, Obama said that the new strategy, which he did not elaborate, was already in place. He speeded up the troop buildup ordered by the Bush administration, and a few weeks later named a new commander for Afghanistan.

[rickmichaels]

...“stronger, smarter and comprehensive strategy.”

Is this not the standard liberal response to every issue, whether it's health care, gun control, taxes, crime, war, trash collection, recycling, potholes, election reform, etc., etc., etc.?

[norwaypinesavage]

"Obama must demonstrate clearly that he knows what he’s talking about"

This will be quite difficult, given that that he clearly DOESN'T know what he's talking about. Obama has punted all of the tough questions throughout his career. He still can't even decide whether he wants a "public option" on his signature issue, health care. He CAN'T make decisions. He has this "gift", you know. The "gift" is being able to talk out of both sides of his mouth without the media mentioning it. This "gift" precludes hard decisions.