Obama on Afghanistan

In a speech to the Armed Forces Obama stated his mind set on Afghanistan and the troop surge, the President stated the following, " And while I will never hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests, I also promise you this -- and this is very important as we consider our next steps in Afghanistan: I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way. I won't risk your lives unless it is absolutely necessary......And if it is necessary, we will back you up to the hilt. Because you deserve the strategy, the clear mission, and the defined goals as well as the equipment and support that you need to get the job done. We are not going to have a situation in which you are not fully supported back here at home. That is a promise that I will always make to you " Well lets see JFK had thirteen days with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Reagan had to deal with the terrorist attack on a US base in Lebanon that saw hundreds killed and then he had to invade Grenada to prevent the Island going communist, all this took place within 24 hours, Obama has had weeks to deal with Afghanistan. As to his strategy for Afghanistan, there can never be a clean exit out of Afghanistan, it has never happened to any power, Obama is not that special. While Obama dithers the US military has had its worse month in Afghanistan, it has lost 55 soldiers, thus when is Obama going to support the troops. If Obama sends troops to Afghanistan he will do so with near total opposition form his own Party, thus either Obama is going for half measures in Afghanistan and then the West is going to lose or he is being economic with the truth, in other words he will send the troops and he knows that there is no political support for the strategy, either way its bad. That's the problem with Obama his rhetoric never matches the real world.