The Allies, Obama and Afghanistan

The New York Times: Reports on how Afghanistan is not just an Obama problem, but how Obama can make it worse, the NYT writes the following, " How do you convince America’s allies to stick with the plan..... when.....strategy itself is being reconsidered.... for the second time in six months? " This does recall when JFK was seen as weak by the USSR, thus you had the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, thus far Obama has sold out Poland and the Czech Republic, has given the impression of appeasing Russia, has set the dogs on the CIA while the terrorists still plot to harm the USA and the West, and now we have leaks that the Obama West Wing political hacks think they can run a War by selling out Afghanistan. Even Jimmy Carter after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan got the fact that he would use covert means to defeat the USSR, Obama is starting to make Carter look like a real hard edge realist. If your a suppose Ally of the USA do you trust an Obama Administration, they seem more than willing to sell out their allies, they just seem to prefer talking to totalitarian regimes like Iran and Cuba.

Time to Decide Mr President - Afghanistan

The Washington Post: Reports that the Obama West Wing wants to change the military strategy from Afghanistan to Pakistan. In essence no more troops for Afghanistan, they want to sell out Afghanistan as they have sold out Poland and the Czech Republic. This is why Democrats are never trusted on national security issues, if Obama follows this route he is throwing Afghanistan to the dogs, in other words the Taliban. The idea that you can deal with Pakistan at the exclusion of Afghanistan shows no understanding of counterinsurgency, if you sell out Afghanistan then who in the region is going to trust an Obama Administration. What of the costs in lives and treasure that Afghanistan has cost so far, was it pointless, is the Just War that Obama wanted to fight no longer a Just War. I must admit a line from Lady Thatcher comes to mind, after Iraq invaded Kuwait, Lady Thatcher told Bush 41 not to wobble. It seems that the political operators in the Obama West Wing are in different stages of wobble. If Obama sells out Afghanistan he will be the next Neville Chamberlain, he has already sold out Poland and Czech Republic over missile defence, one can postulate that Israel will seen President Obama as weak and thus take military action against Iran. All actions have consequences lets see if Obama can see beyond his own arrogance.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the name of the soldier killed yesterday in Afghanistan, the soldier was " Acting Sergeant Michael Lockett MC from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment " Our thoughts are with the family of Acting Sergeant Lockett.

1,000 more UK Soldiers for Afghanistan

The Times: Reports that the UK will send another one thousand soldiers to Afghanistan as part of the new strategy of General McChrystal. This would be a good move as long as President Obama has the backbone to support the call for more US troops. It has been reported that General McChrystal will ask for another thirty to forty thousand US troops to give security to the population of Afghanistan and build up the security forces of Afghanistan, this is causing heart failure in the White House and in Congress. The War in Afghanistan is does not have good poll ratings and Liberals in Congress want to pull the plug on Afghanistan, they see it as another Bush War. In many respects Obama is up a creek with out much of paddle, what ever his decision it becomes his War, if he says YES to the surge it becomes Obama's War, thus lets be honest here there is a great chance for failure. If Obama says NO, and tries to keep the force level as it is, the War will be lost in 12 months. Thus the Just War that Obama wanted to fight could define his Presidency, he would become the next Jimmy Carter but also LBJ and Nixon due to the fact the he would have lost a WAR on his watch. The problem for President Obama is that the Taliban like the Viet Cong in the Vietnam War can wait him out, a holding War would lead to more losses and Obama would be blamed for not taking the advice of his military, thus he would lose re-election in 2012. The decision that the President takes on Afghanistan is like the decision that LBJ took in 1965, either the USA is in or out of a War, this decision more that health care will define President Obama.