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2009-11-28 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Fred 2009-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "one cannot fault Obama for taking his time on Afghanistan"

I fault him. We are not the Russians, the Mongols, or the British Empire.
These decisions you make before you take office - especially with the data available to the public.

Let the professionals handle it for you. McCrystal is far from incompetent and you appointed him to handle it, so let him handle it.

The spring offensive is just around the bend. Armies don't just hop into a plane and deploy. It takes months.
40,000 is the minimum we want on the ground there, were you a real Commander in Chief, you would give him the 60,000 we really wanted and would have done so in short order.

Posted by newc">newc 2009-11-28 09:52|| 2009-11-28 09:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Or you'd realize it isn't worth the bones of a Pennsylvanian infantryman and order an orderly withdrawal.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2009-11-28 10:18|| 2009-11-28 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 ...this war which started in October 2001.

Huh? Drivel. The war stated well before but was clearly driven home on 11 September 2001. The Authorization to Use Force, aka Declaration of War, was passed a few days later. Note well subparagraph 2(b)(1) refers to the War Powers Resolution. Attacks on our embassies in Africa and the USS Cole predate 2001, but the likes of this writer just can't see through their own hand wringing to face it. There was no rush, but a long ramp up with continuous acts by the other guy that culminated in a response.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-11-28 10:26|| 2009-11-28 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 You can also fault the Joker for shamelessly trumping up his support for the "good" war in Afghanistan during the campaign as a way of establishing some foreign-policy cred with non-wacko Dem primary voters.

The man pretended to be in favor of pursuing victory there as a way of balancing his calls for retreat from Iraq within 10 months.

Obama is as shameless as they come, and deserves all the grief that AfPak will send his administration's way.

Posted by lex 2009-11-28 11:37|| 2009-11-28 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Well said Lex.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-11-28 12:10|| 2009-11-28 12:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Okay, bare bones it.

India has designs on Afghanistan and are well able to handle it. How do you feel Russia and China.

Ask me again why this is highly tactical, or shall I save the administration embarassment for not caring to understand globalgeopolitica?

China is in there somewhere as is Iraq and Pakistan. Does no one seem to see this because it is inconvenient or is it for reason of ignorance?

Or do they just not care?

Posted by newc">newc 2009-11-28 19:30|| 2009-11-28 19:30|| Front Page Top

#7 I care, does bambi?

Posted by newc">newc 2009-11-28 19:31|| 2009-11-28 19:31|| Front Page Top

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