Still waiting
The Washington Post tells us this morning that the President will will make a “Decision soon on troops for Afghanistan“. In my considered opinion, nothing about this decision will be “soon”.
“It’s a matter of making certain that when I send young men and women into war, and when I devote billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money, that it’s making us safer,” Obama said.
The period for “making certain” has long passed. It’s now a period of making compromises and keeping voters from defecting. A matter of national security has become a matter of electioneering and instead of listening to the generals, Obama is listening to Code Pink and MoveOn. The advice from General McChrystal has taken a back seat to advice from David Axelrod.
The Post is so embarrassed by Obama’s indecision, the article, entitled to address the Afghanistan issue, spends two pages discussing our foreign policy with Japan instead probably because there’s not much to discuss about Obama’s failure to display any measure of leadership on this issue.
Yeah, he makes a big show out of meeting mourners at Arlington, speaking at Fort Hood, saluting fallen soldiers returning from the war, but in the leadership area and making actual decisions that don’t include iconic photos, he’s sorely lacking.
Just A Grunt sends us these two media links from an interview with a soldier injured at the Fort Hood shootings who discusses the comparison of the visits of former-President Bush and current-President Obama.
(The links are about a third of the way down this page under the picture of the Fort Hood sign)
ADDED: Oh, great, WaPo changed the title of their article.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Terror War
Jonn, your links to the vid’s arent working my friend.
“and when I devote billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money, that it’s making us safer,” Obama said”. That’s the money quote, he could give a s**t about the troops, he’s worried about the “billions of dollars” that he can’t give to ACORN, or SEIU.
Um, comrade 0, if you leave the Taliban in place, and leave, they will invite AQ back in, and, emboldened by your lack of spine, they will attack us again.
Soldiers suffered, died, were crippled and waited in vain for leadership and support from the CinC, who was busy playing golf and dining with SEIU leadership.
Which reminds me of this:
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The Fury of the Legions
“We had been told, on leaving our native soil, that we were going to defend the sacred rights conferred on us by so many of our citizens settled overseas, so many years of our presence, so many benefits brought by us to populations in need of our assistance and our civilization.
“We were able to verify that all this was true, and because it was true, we did not hesitate to shed our quota of blood, to sacrifice our youth and our hopes. We regretted nothing, but whereas we over here are inspired by this frame of mind, I am told that in Rome factions and conspiracies are rife, that treachery flourishes, and that many people in their uncertainty and confusion lend a ready ear to the dire temptations of relinquishment and even to vilify our actions.
“I cannot believe that all this is true, and yet recent wars have shown how pernicious such a state of mind could be and to where it could lead.
“Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
“If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions.”
Centurion Marcus Flavinius, Second Cohort, Augusta Legion to his cousin Tertullus in Rome. No date given.
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