The commander of our forces in Afghanistan recently asked for 40,000 more troops to complete his mission. Our President, who was extremely anxious, or as he would say “wee-wee’d up” over quickly spending a trillion dollars on the stimulus bill, and who wanted to fundamentally change our health care system overnight, chose to sit on the decision to send more troops. Never mind that the violence is growing in Afghanistan. Never mind that President Obama campaigned on how important the war in Afghanistan is. For some reason, this decision gets very little priority.
Look, we all know that Obama is going to take it in the nuts from his own side if he sends more troops to Afghanistan. We also know that he’d rather not alienate his buddies on this issue before he gets his health care bill passed. That’s fine, and I sympathize with that, but being President of the United States is not for sissies.
When you have a General tell you that he needs 40,000 more troops then you have two choices. Either put those troops on a plane, or get the troops that are in harm’s way the hell out of there. Period. End of story. You don’t win wars by fucking around, or by second-guessing your commanders. If you don’t have the resolve to win a war, then at least do the right thing and get our boys and girls the fuck out of there.
It takes a real leader to do something against his flock and make a decision that is hard or unpopular. Here is a chance for Obama to make a quick decision that could actually save lives. It took our President six months to decide what kind of dog he wanted. Let’s hope he doesn’t give this decision the same priority.
