Post a commentArticles like this drive me nuts. Adequately staffing the effort in Afghanistan is not a political decision, it is a national security decision. Floating out articles like this, and then doing polls is not leadership. We had enough of that during the Clinton era and see where that got us with Al Queda. There will always be someone who will like your decision, even if it is the right decision. Please remember, Wars do not end, they are won or lost.
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Articles like this drive me nuts. Adequately staffing the effort in Afghanistan is not a political decision, it is a national security decision. Floating out articles like this, and then doing polls is not leadership. We had enough of that during the Clinton era and see where that got us with Al Queda. There will always be someone who will NOT like your decision, even if it is the right decision. Please remember, Wars do not end, they are won or lost.
Obama has turned McChrystal's initiative into an embarrassing fiasco. Secretary Clinton SHOULD NOT be affirming that the prez will wait until after the Afghan elections to announce a decision. It's nothing more than a lame excuse for biding time. Obama is playing the American public like an illusionist. The opposition candidate, Abdullah-Abdullah, has already been bought off by the Obama administration: to believe otherwise,is to believe that Abdullah's abdication is due to a sudden realization that the elections would be rigged in favor of Karzai. Of course it will be rigged. Here at home, we have dead folks that vote, so why the expectation that this forelorn, foresaken region- which looks more like a moonscape- be honest and forthright. It's a land of tribal warlords and chieftans, incapable of establishing a unified, democratic form of government. That's why our government would prefer a known quantity to one who's unknown. Every banana republic we ever supported was controlled by a corrupt demagogue who danced to our music. We've been there, done that. To expect anything else would be equivalent to believing Penn and Teller perform miracles. Answer? Declare victory and pull up stakes before the American public wakes up and figures out that there really isn't a strategy or a plan, just a shell game that we can't win.
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