Posted on 10/29/2009 5:44:16 PM PDT by Kaslin
Leadership: As the fire grows in Afghanistan and U.S. troops suffer their worst casualties since Fallujah, the commander in chief remains AWOL on his intentions, delaying the tough decisions. Is he opting for defeat?
Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned in August that time was short to win this war. Now October is ending as the deadliest month in the Afghan war. With 55 dead since August, McChrystal's warning now stings.
Even so, each day brings a new excuse from the White House for delaying a decision on troop reinforcements McChrystal has sought. The goal posts move almost daily. This isn't leadership.
Last week, the administration refused to make a decision on McChrystal's recommendation for 44,000 new troops until Afghanistan's Nov. 7 electoral runoff election produced a valid election.
No word on what to do if it doesn't.
This week, the president is delaying an Afghanistan decision again. Ten months into office, he suddenly wants an analysis of all 36 Afghan provinces, with information about which areas are governed effectively and which aren't. This is Jimmy Carter stuff, micromanaging details instead of delegating — and taking his eye off the goal. It also signals a lack of trust in the troops.
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I would call it malfeasance of office.
He knows when he commits troops into Afganastan, it’s HIS WAR. He can’t call it BUSH’S war NO MORE.He will end up sending a “token” amount of troops and then pull them all out when the war is seen lost.
Comrade Obamsky is NOT dithering on Afghanistan. He’s engaged in a high level strategic photo ops with freshly arrived caskets from the war zone. Remember, now, there is NO military solution—just more votes to chase down.
Obama is obviously waiting until after next week’s elections to make a decision. I don’t know what he will do, but I think he believes that the decisions will hurt Dem results next week.
The dickhead in chief will not make any decision until he can find a way to make sure any negative consequences can be safely blamed on someone else.
He never intended to make a decision before the November elections, no matter how many of our troops died.
Well do you remember when Billy Jeff always asked the toe sucker to do a poll for him in how the public would act, before he would make an important decision? Seems like the left can not function without a poll
Barry is either too caught up in trying to destroy America or his “dithering” in Afghanistan is part of his plan to destory America. Pick your poison....
Zer0 isn’t qualified to be a dog catcher let alone CINC and he’s costing lives in our military.
He needs to start thinking of them instead of the libtards that support him.
You have it! His job is to get in the way and gum things up.
And all week long your River City
Youth'll be ditherin away,
I say your young men'll be ditherin!
Ditherin away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too! .
and that's trouble,
Oh, yes we got lots and lots a' trouble...
Exactly
The administration is setting up a straw man so that Obama can send fewer than requested troops.
Gee, even I think that graphic crosses the line.
Really? I think it's dead-on accurate.
Figures way off - 55 is just for OCTOBER!
In Sept alone: "Nine coalition forces were killed and 37 were wounded by IEDs in Afghanistan in September 2007. In September 2009, 37 coalition forces were killed and 285 were wounded by IEDs, according to the figures."
and in October -
' "The casualties bring to 55 the total number of Americans killed in October in Afghanistan. The next highest toll was in August, when 51 U.S. soldiers died and the troubled nation held the first round of its presidential election amid a wave of violence."
http://www.ohio.com/news/world/66791212.html
26 August
The NATO-led force in Afghanistan says attacks have killed two U.S. troops, keeping August on track to be the deadliest month of the war for the U.S. military.
"The two deaths bring to 43 the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this month. July was the deadliest month of the nearly eight-year war - 44 U.S. troops died. But with five days left in August, this month could again set a new record.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/26/world/main5267197.shtml
It's flawless, well done.
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