Obama on Afghanistan

The White House: Interesting statement by President Obama on Afghanistan. The President States the following, " To meet urgent security needs, I approved a request from Secretary Gates to deploy a Marine Expeditionary Brigade later this spring and an Army Stryker Brigade and the enabling forces necessary to support them later this summer......General McKiernan’s request for these troops is months old, and the fact that we are going to responsibly drawdown our forces in Iraq allows us the flexibility to increase our presence in Afghanistan. This reinforcement will contribute to the security of the Afghan people and to stability in Afghanistan.....This increase is necessary to stabilize a deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, which has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires.....This troop increase does not pre-determine the outcome of that strategic review. Instead, it will further enable our team to put together a comprehensive strategy that will employ all elements of our national power to fulfill achievable goals in Afghanistan. "

This statement is interesting, its a paper statement not a President himself announcing the news, he's on the TV every hour for his economic plan. Thus its wise to presume that President Obama sees that Afghanistan could be his Vietnam, he does not want to be another LBJ. Thus he wants some distance from the War. Also the the view that the Bush Administration was slow to take action, Obama is sending half of the request by the Army Brass, the President wants to keep his options open, thus he view that although he sending these troops this does not affect the review of Afghanistan within the Administration. One word, RUBBISH, its Obama's War, he rode it in the election well now he owns this as well as the economy.