Charles Krauthammer blows away the fig leave explaining the delay by Obama in responding to his top general's request for more troops in Afganistan. Supposedly it is because they are settling on a new strategy - and you need a strategy before you decide on the resources to implement it. Sounds great, but wait - the President announced a "comprehensive strategy" for Afghanistan 6 months ago:
"Obama's handpicked commander requested on Aug. 30 -- a surge of 30,000 to 40,000 troops to stabilize a downward spiral and save Afghanistan the way a similar surge saved Iraq.
That was more than five weeks ago. Still no response. Obama agonizes publicly as the world watches. Why? Because, explains national security adviser James Jones, you don't commit troops before you decide on a strategy.
No strategy? On March 27, flanked by his secretaries of defense and state, the president said this: 'Today I'm announcing a comprehensive new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.' He then outlined a civilian-military counterinsurgency campaign to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan."
I hope you will read the rest of the article to see what the Democrats are really about, whether in foreign policy or domestic affairs. They are inept as a foe and treacherous as a friend and now that is the label with which America is being tarred. Ask the Afghans, the Israelis, the Iraqis, the Hondurans - the list will grow. Our new national symbol is the weasel, not the eagle.
townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/10/09/young_hamlets_agony
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