Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Politics of War - Obama and Afghanistan

The Hill: Reports on the visit of President Obama to the Dover Air Force Base and the return of dead Americans from Afghanistan. This is a bad political move by the President, the reason is simple folks, it has been reported that President Obama will split the difference on the request by General McChrystal for more troops for Afghanistan, the General has asked for forty thousand troops, well the Obama White House it has been reported will send about twenty thousand. In other words Obama thinks he has passed West Point, the Nobel Peace Prize has really gone to his head. Thus in a report from General McChyrstal it stated that the USA could lose the war in Afghanistan within the year if the Obama Administration did not follow his recommendations, well it seems that Obama will not grant the request thus every dead soldier that returns from Afghanistan is his fault, he will not support his Commanders on the ground because he is more interested in keeping his left wing base happy, he needs the base to support his health care reform. In other words if President Obama does not follow the recommendations of his own picked General he is derelict in his duty to the Armed Forces. That’s harsh but the truth folks, Obama believes his own press statements more that the advice from the military. Thus what is the point of meeting the caskets of dead Americans if by his own policy he his causing more deaths, that pictures will come back to haunt him, the American people will ask what is the point of these press visits if he will not support his troops in the hell hole that is Afghanistan. These heroic soldiers don’t need a Presidential visit they need their friends supported in the field, they are not there to be token picture of Obama saluting.

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