Posted by
David Zublick on Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:51:06 PM
The ditherer-in-chief will finally announce to our military and the rest of the world his decision regarding General
McChrystal's request for additional troops in Afghanistan this Tuesday.
After
months of keeping the fine men and women serving our country twisting
in the wind, Barack Obama has at last made up his mind. It is estimated
that he will elect to give
McChrystal roughly 30,000 to 35,000 of the 40,000 troops
McChrystal
requested. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan had warned in
an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needed more
forces within the next year and had bluntly stated that without them,
the eight-year conflict would likely result in failure.
During
the presidential campaign of 2008, Obama repeatedly stated that the
real war, the one the United States military should be engaged in, was
the war in Afghanistan. He was hell bent on pulling our troops out of
Iraq. He based most of bid for the White House on ending our presence
there until the surge worked and took the wind out of his sails.
So what took him so long to make up his mind on
McChrystal's request?
Two things are in play here.
First,
Obama's base is opposed to any surge in Afghanistan. Democrats are in revolt because a.) they believe the real threat from Al-
Qaeda
exists in Pakistan and b.) Obama has yet to convince his own supporters
that the United States has an exit strategy and will not become bogged
down, as it did in Vietnam.
Secondly, Obama has never shown much
support for the war on terror. He has eliminated the word 'terror' from
the lexicon and replaced it with 'overseas contingency operation'.
Terrorist attacks are now referred to as 'man-made disasters'. The fact
that Khalid
Sheikh Mohammed
and four of his minions are being brought to New York to face charges
in a civilian court, where they will be allowed to spew their venom and
rail against the United States as opposed to a military tribunal, is a
clear indication that Obama has gone soft on terror at best, and is in
bed with radical Islam at worst.
Witness also the three Navy
SEALS who are facing criminal charges stemming from the capture of one
of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq.
The
three, all members of the Navy's elite commando unit, have refused
non-judicial punishment — called a captain's mast — and have requested
a trial by court-martial in the capture of Ahmed Hashim Abed. He claims that he was punched by his captors — and had his lip bloodied. Now, instead of being lauded for the
capture of this high-value target, the three SEAL commandos, all
enlisted, face assault charges and have retained attorneys.
If Obama were truly a supporter of our military and their mission, he would have answered McChrystal's request
much sooner. And he would immediately put a halt to the prosecution of these three SEALS.
But this president is allowing the fine men and women of the United States military to be thrown under the bus.
What a disgrace to our nation.
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