Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:02:29 AM
He's not simply voting 'Present' anymore. He has
discarded every suggested strategy he's been given for months in how to deal with Afghanistan. This goes simply beyond waffling or 'dithering'. If I may be so bold, this thinking actively assist the enemy in Afghanistan and will result in our eventual loss/surrender in Afghanistan.
Obama's unwillingness to fight in Afghanistan does nothing but embolden and eventually strengthen the Taliban and other radical Jihadis. Beyond his initial deployment of around 20,000 troops (which was a good move) - he has done nothing.
Nothing. The death toll and attacks against US/coalition forces bear this out. The Taliban
knows Obama doesn't have the heart to deal with them. They
know he'll never seriously engage them - so they have increased their attacks and strikes at key targets, and the death toll of our soldiers continues to mount. Some could say there is no way for the Taliban (or anyone else) to know this. I state there is, an infallible one. Obama has done nothing
This is the same strategy the Left wanted in Iraq. Simply play word games, make a show of doing
anything when in actuality you're doing
nothing, let things devolve into chaos, then claim you did what you could (I sent troops, remember) but as was thought, the enemy was 'stronger than imagined' and finally - blame Bush for getting us involved in the first place (nevermind the reason we went into Afghanistan at all was 9/11).
Obama is doing exactly what he planned in Afghanistan all along. There can be no other way to account for his inaction.