How Obama owns the Afghanistan War
Mr. Wolf sends this link which tells of an interrogatory between General Petraeus’ successor Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen and Senator Lindsey Graham yesterday during Allen’s nomination hearing;
GRAHAM: The option that the country has chosen through President Obama is to withdraw 10,000 this year, all surge forces gone by September. Is it fair to say, General Allen, that was not one of the options presented to the president by General Petraeus?
ALLEN: It is a more aggressive option than that which was presented.
GRAHAM: My question is, was that a option?
ALLEN: It was not.
GRAHAM: So I just want the country to understand that this is not the Petraeus strategy any longer. The commander in chief has the perfect right to do what he did. I just hope that it hasn’t undercut what I think could be a very successful outcome.
So that’s twice in as many years that President Obama has disregarded the advice of his military chiefs in regards to troop strengths. So when the war in Afghanistan collapses down around our ears, the responsibility rests completely on the White House.
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Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Terror War
Just so we’re clear…according to Teleprompter Jebus, A’stan is the “good” war, correct? And a draw down is the right course of action, correct? I guess someone at the State Dept didn’t send their Taliban pals the memo since they decided to go into the hotel remodeling bid’ness yesterday. Just sayin’.
Oy vey! Can he make it any worse?
Nope. Don’t answer that.