Fast forwarding to yesterday ... read between the lines of this piece by John Kerry in yesterday's Wall Street Journal:Gen. McChrystal offers no timetable or exit strategy, beyond warning that the next 12 months are critical. I agree that time is running out and that troops are dying without a sustainable strategy for victory. But we cannot rush to judgment.Mr. Obama promises not to send more troops to Afghanistan until he has absolute clarity on what the strategy will be. He is right to take the time he needs to define the mission.
We should all follow his lead and debate all of the options.
No rush to judgment ... why not? Debate all options ... how long is that going to take?
For the troops, too long. Good thing it's not Kerry's life on the line in Afghanistan. If it were, we'd be out of there in a New York minute.
I'm against more troops in Afghanistan. Because at this point I don't think we're going to find Bin Laden or make the Afghan people love us. However, Obama hired McCrystal for a reason -- to get the job done. Now he doesn't like his assessment and wants to sit on his hands. If Obama disagrees with McCrystal's strategy he should just come out say it instead of stringing everyone along. So much for the "fierce urgency of now." All I see is indecisiveness and procrastination.
Some argue the Democrats are caving into the Republicans on this issue. I'm not so sure. The Republicans, with full knowledge that Afghanistan isn't a popular issue among voters, advocate to give McCrystal the manpower he needs. I disagree, but at least they take a sturdy position. The Dems on the other hand are all over the map. Should we? Shouldn't we? Maybe that's their strategy. In the meantime the blood flows.
The Democrats, in clear trouble in 2010, seem to be politically driven by Afghanistan. It's only a matter of time before they start targeting moderate Republicans for political elimination. All while they give their fellow Democrats (who vote the same way) a free pass. They act as if they're saviors when in reality they're perpetuators. The end goal is to replace moderate Republicans with DINOs just for the sake of the majority. And they'll use Afghanistan to help them do it.
In the meantime, I know people who are being shipped back to Iraq for a fourth deployment. I thought we were supposed to be getting out of there. Look at the numbers, we're still there in full force.
Maybe Obama started his campaign for president with good intentions, but realized when he took control of the office he couldn't deliver on "hope and change." If that's the case he needs to be more upfront about it.
Because as of right now it appears that Obama turned his back on the progressives and independents that played a key role in electing him. Hopefully they're paying attention.
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