Painted Into A Corner
Dec 1st, 2009 by Frank Knotts
President Obama is scheduled to give a prime time address to the nation tonight explaining his Afghanistan strategy. Well it only took him since August to decide what it would be.
I fear that this president has been too concerned with the political fall-out from any decision that he makes on this issue. Many believe that he has been trying to time the announcement of the new strategy to lesson the impact it will have on his health care agenda. I will say that by waiting until the day after debate resumed on the Senate floor over health care, that his address will knock health care out of the news cycle for a while.
President Obama has actually painted himself into a political corner. I can guarantee that no matter what he announces tonight , some will think it not enough, some will think it too much and of course there is always that group of uninformed that aren’t even aware of what we are fighting for.
President Obama has stated that the Afghanistan War was a war we must fight. So now if he comes out and announces a time line to pull out without a clear victory, he will demonstrate what many on the right already new. That he is a weak leader who is only concerned with his legacy and not with protecting this nations freedom.
He has also in the past promised to end the wars as soon as possible along with closing Gitmo.
So now if he announces that he intends to give the generals all that they have asked for, in an effort to win the war, no matter what it takes or how long, he will alienate his leftist base that wants us out of Afghanistan at all cost.
So at a time when he needs as many political allies as he can find, he is about to give a speech that is guaranteed to divide the country even more over this president’s ability to make decisions that are in the best interest of the nation. A president , I might add that ran as a person who would heal the divisions and to move the nation forward.
This is a selfish president that took over three months to make a decision to give generals in the field the things that they said they needed for victory. He cared not of the effect that this would have on those already in the field. Or the fact that this would embolden our enemies, because indecision equals fear and weakness in their eyes.
So we will see tonight whether Pres. Obama will put his legacy first, or if he will finally do what is needed to defeat the enemies of this nation, enemies I might add that want only to destroy us.
Whatever Obama does will not be enough to turn the country around. Listen to the what the mission is supposed to be, not the teleprompter flourishes but the real mission and what it will require to accomplish that mission.
The what is the strategy? I am not sure Obama will have one and will focus on an exit not knowing what it will take to get to that point.
Mike Protack
If he whimps out and concedes Afghanistan, he will have no legacy but failure. He will see a repeat of Carter. An America with a failing economy, falling global stature, in retreat before her enemies.
I am concerned that he will give the troops, but do one of his famous other hands which will not allow the troops to do their job and defeat the enemy. He wants to increase training not fighting. The problem is that you can’t train people if they are getting shot or blown to bits while waiting in line to sign up. Security has to come first or else it takes years to accomplish what could be done in months. We learned that lesson somewhere–Iraq maybe.
Obama giving a speech at West Point is like Boy George doing an NFL commercial. He wants to look like the Commander-in-Chief, but he just can’t shake that pantywaist persona. He looks morer rdiculous every time he speaks, and the polls show it.
I’m not at all surprised that you retards decided to hate Obama’s move no matter what.
Yeah. After all, even-bigger retard Jason never did that with George W. Bush!!
And how ’bout a “sensitive progressive” like Jason using a term like “retard.”
That’s why “progressive” should ALWAYS be put in quotes. Because the vast majority are pure phonies.
Jason , I laid out two different paths that Pres. Obama could take and said we will see tonight which he chooses. I’m sure that you will be so happy if he were to choose to fight the terrorist with every available resource of the U.S.A. until the enemy was defeated. You would back him 100% if he chooses to send more troops than the generals asked for.
I have no problem stating that I believe we should trust the generals to know what is needed to ensure victory and to give them what they need to accomplish the task before them.
Unfortunately I don’t believe that Pres. Obama shares that sentiment. I believe he will try and walk the middle ground for purely political reasons, and in doing so , he will leave our soldiers, our nation and our freedom more vulnerable and he will leave our enemies more emboldened. If he sets even the hint of a time line for withdrawal, he will be telling the terrorist just how long they have to wait for their victory. This is a patient enemy, waiting three years for us to leave is nothing to them. They are in it to win, we need leaders who are also in it to win.
I’m not at all surprised that you retards decided to hate Obama’s move no matter what.
Yawn.