Summary
In the coming weeks, President Obama must decide whether or not to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as general McChrystal has reportedly proposed. It is plain that our president is taking his time to reassess the war in Afghanistan, because there isn't a well developed military option presented nor an overall objective clearly defined, with exit strategies. He's probably asking the simple question, what are we trying to achieve and what will it cost to achieve it? This is what rational executives do, they think, then act, unlike the ready, fire, and aim methods of the [George W. Bush] administration.
If George W. Bush fought two wars, it was through pig-headed stupidity or blind adherence to ideology. Dealing with Iraq and Saddam Hussein was an elective choice, not a necessity. Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction nor was he involved in the 9/ 1 1 attacks. Yes, attacking the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan did put terrorist elements on the defensive. But choosing to involve ourselves in Iraq only provided a breeding ground for terrorist activities, recruiting and propaganda bonanza for Muslim extremists in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The security and stability situation in both countries have deteriorated markedly in the last six years. Moreover, if Afghanistan is now a war about nothing, Barack Obama did not cause this to happen. He has, in fact, raised our troop commitments there by several thousand men.If I were Obama I wouldn't listen to a thing any Republican has to say on health care and certainly not the war. His ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said it best, that "Obama's main initiative of going to Afghanistan is to make sure that they don't have the ability to attack America again."See the full content of this document
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Afghanistan Is Now a War About Nothing
In the coming weeks, President Obama must decide whether or not to send up to 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, as general McChrystal has reportedly proposed. It is plain that our president is taking his time to reassess the war in Afghanistan, because there isn't a we...
See the full content of this document
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