Barack Obama: Make a Decision on Afghanistan Now!
Barack Obama and I have two things in common: we both profess a love for Chicago (more on that another day). And the second thing we have in common? Neither of us has any experience in the military. Even on those two commonalities alone, the differences between us are stark. I was not raised in Chicago – although I DO have fond memories of a time in Chicago. I also would hazard a guess that I have spent more time around the military, listened to the military, far more than the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has. While my own lack of military experience will not impact the global community, BO’s lack of military experience already is having a negative impact on that same community.
On a dark day when America heard of eight fallen heroes in Nuristan, Afghanistan – the heaviest loss in a single battle in over a year for America – the MSM reported on the Obamas’ wedding anniversary dinner, and Barack Obama still has made no decision on the future strategy in Afghanistan.
Back during the election, BO campaigned on rhetoric that “Iraq was a bad war, and Afghanistan was a righteous war.” His campaign speeches constantly berated President Bush over Iraq, as BO vowed that HE would focus on Afghanistan:
AP) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region would be a top priority during his administration, Karzai’s office said Sunday. (Nov. 23, 2008)…
…“We will kill bin Laden; we will crush Al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.”
During the Presidential debates in 2008, BO said (in part):
“…every intelligence agency will acknowledge that al Qaeda is the greatest threat against the United States and that Secretary of Defense Gates acknowledged the central front — that the place where we have to deal with these folks is going to be in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.”
… until we do, Americans here at home are not going to be safe.” [emphasis added]
BO is also on the record as saying:
“We need to finish the fight in Afghanistan… George Bush and John McCain have been weak on terrorism. It’s time to finish the fight in Afghanistan.”
We all heard Barack Obama say that Afghanistan is not about “victory.” We have all heard him rename the Global War on Terror to some other meaningless gobbledygook.
Since he took office in January 2009, BO has proved well the old adage that talk is cheap. Since he took office, he has talked ad nauseum and yet has proved that he has no clue how to walk the walk. Oh sure, we have seen him apologizing all around the globe for the nasty Americans. We have seen him genuflect to international despots. We have seen him on so many talk shows, yukking it up that I, for one, am quite dizzy with trying to keep up…
Go read the rest at Family Security Matters here.