Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 10:44:10 AM
No mention of the word 'Victory'.
Not. One.
No sense of purpose in the message on sending more troops to Afghanistan.
No sense or mention of the
mission in Afghanistan. Why are we
sending the troops? To
win? What?!
Not one mention of what a positive outcome in Afghanistan would be.
The only thing the president seems sure of, the only purpose in the whole speech apparently, is to leave Afghanistan within 18 months or so.
Also, no mention of the reason we are at war in Afghanistan in the first place -
TO ERADICATE THE MONSTERS WHO ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES ON 9/11 AND MURDERED OUR COUNTRYMEN! This ommission, for the benefit of talking about the economy and economic aspects of the war, disrespects in the most callous way the reason we are fighting to begin with. The losses of American citizens on 9/11 as well as the losses of American and coalition service members since has been reduced simply to the bottom line on an accounting worksheet. Pathetic. (UPDATE: It seems Obama did mention 9/11, so I stand corrected. I still stand by the last sentence of the above paragraph however.)
This is the one area of the Presidency Obama cannot hide behind an advisor or czar or underling.
HE is the commander in chief.
HE alone bears responsibility for deploying troops. He has been dithering on Afghanistan for months, ostensibly "reviewing" strategy. What he's
really been doing is trying to find a way to politically cover himself.
I have always maintained Obama would do this. He can now claim he is 'acting' in Afghanistan - that he did something about the war. What he's really doing is playing both sides of the fence. While claiming he is acting in Afghanistan, he now can play the "I tried, but it didn't work, now we must leave" meme he's been looking for all along - and all of it conveniently before his re-election bid.
Even the Taliban aren't this stupid.
This 'man' is a POS of the highest order and this nation will suffer for it down the road.
(H/T: Hot Air)