"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
~ Mark Twain ~
This approach means, as Senator John McCain has noted, that “We now have an opportunity to build a bipartisan consensus in support of a vital national security priority: defeating Al-Qaeda and its violent extremist allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and ensuring that these countries never again serve as bases for terrorist attacks against America and our allies.”
We should be clear, however, that fewer troops mean assuming more risk. Talk of an exit date also risks sending the wrong message. We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a timetable for withdrawal that signals a lack of resolve to our friends, and lets our enemies believe they can wait us out. As long as we’re in to win, and as long as troop level decisions are based on conditions on the ground and the advice of our military commanders, I support President Obama’s decision.
- Sarah Palin
I understand why she said this but I disagree with her. I NEVER heard Obama use the word Victory, NOT ONCE. He smeared the Bush Administration, and the look on the cadet’s faces said it all. He also did not say “God Bless our troops” at the end of the speech(she might have missed that).
She boxed Obama and the media in.....”SEE I Supported the President on his decision but he clearly didn’t trust the generals and cut and run out of there”
Death by 1000 cuts........
Is she serious?
She better rethink this one.
The woman is gifted at conveying a message in clear no nonsense language.
Except that Obama does not want to win it. He wants to look like he wants to win it and at that same time he is going to cut and run just in time for the 2012 elections.
“At long last, President Obama decided to give his military commanders much of what they need to accomplish their mission in Afghanistan. In the end, he decided to endorse a “surge” for Afghanistan, applying the counterinsurgency principles of “clear, hold and build” that worked so well in Iraq. Given that he opposed the surge in Iraq, it is even more welcome that he now supports a surge in Afghanistan.”
I agree with Sarah Palin. I don’t like POTUS Obama, wished someone else was in office. However, for the most part the decision is a good one....IF it is aggressively pursued. I value the lives of American military personnel. I want this surge to work, because I want to bring this conflict to a close. If a POTUS I can’t stand gets credit, then so be it. I put the lives of troops ahead of my political desires.
I wish that this were so. It sounded to me like a half-heared, Vietnam-style no-win war.
“We’re In It to Win It”
Huh?
Barry indicated that when?
Perfect. Political savant Sarah makes a statement that can be used later to "call him on it" when he fails. She never ceases to amaze me.
Sarah Palin is our country’s shadow president right now.
I agree with her.
But perhaps, she should have reversed the order of her phrases in her last sentence. The last phrase carried more weight than the set up.
She is off base on this one: She admits that setting a timetable is not a good idea yet she supports Obama’s overall approach. That doesn’t make sense. Sorry, Sarah - you lost me on this one.
I agree with those who say she’s missed the boat on this one; however, so have all the other politicians whose statements I’ve seen. I want to hear Sarah Palin articulate what our national interest is in that regions of the world. Its got to be something along the lines of insuring that Afghanistan is never again used as a base for launching attacks against, or trying to destabilize, us or our allies. The strategy for achieving that follows.
“As long as we’re in to win, and as long as troop level decisions are based on conditions on the ground and the advice of our military commanders, I support President Obama’s decision. “ Sarah Palin
Gold. Platinum.
“As long as:
1. we’re in it to win.” - Objective, Objective, Objective. The support is conditional. Be there TO WIN, not do a few things then cut and run.
2. “troop level decisions are based on conditions on the ground and the advice of our military commanders”....
They can’t come to her and say that she didn’t support the president. She did. BUt she qualified it with 2 VERY important qualifications.
1. Go all out. Win. Don’t play games.
2. Don’t meddle, listen to the commanders.
Excellent statement.
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
~ Mark Twain ~
For All you high-speed conservatives out there, you might want to consider one thing before you jump down Sarah’s throat over this. There a troops in the field; would you have Sarah come out and say that Obama should not conduct the surge because he is going to set the troop up for failure. As far as I know Sarah’s son is still in the military so there is a good chance he will be deployed to Afghanistan. Sarah has skin in this game so don’t think she is taking this lightly.