I wrote an article two months ago calling the President to task for his indecisiveness in responding to General McChrystal’s request for 40,000 reinforcements in Afghanistan. I was pretty annoyed that the alleged “leader” of our country would take so long with a decision that was costing my fellow military men and women’s lives each day he delayed. Little did I know at that time that this colossal failure would delay an additional two months in finally making a decision to send 30,000, instead of 40,000, combat troops. Does anyone else get the feeling that he altered the number being sent just so he wouldn’t have to explain why it took him three months to agree and grant the request of the far more experienced General on the ground?Let’s put this in a little perspective. On August 30th General McChrystal requested 40,000 additional combat reinforcements in Afghanistan. In his letter he detailed that these troops were necessary immediately stating,
“Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term (next 12 months) — while Afghan security capacity matures — risks an outcome where defeating the insurgency is no longer possible.”
So the almighty Obama, in his infinite wisdom and military experience, was told by the expert on the ground, a General he appointed to this position, that they needed troops and they needed them now to win this war in Afghanistan. Note that Obama ran his campaign on the premise that this was the righteous war that Bush had ignored and if he were elected he was going to set the ship straight and concentrate on Afghanistan. With all of these facts in line the POTUS spent three months questioning and analyzing the General’s request, rather than granting it. Three months of the twelve in the quote above, which, according to General McChrystal were the key months they needed them in order to regain the initiative. Does anyone else have a problem with this??? Does anyone else have a problem with Obama (no military experience whatsoever) spending three months analyzing a military commander’s request for troops, along with a group of his fellow politicians, none of which have enough military experience to pick up the General’s uniform from the dry cleaners. This reminds me of a great quote from Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men…
“I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said “thank you,” and went on your way.”
There are more things wrong with this scenario than I can even touch on in one article. It seriously blows my mind. Who are they to hem and haw for three months over a request that was sent by the “duty expert” that he himself appointed to the position?
Why am I talking about all of this today, you ask? I write this today because arguably the most disgusting aspect of this entire chain of events is that when the almighty finally came to his decision, he, rather than be ashamed at his horrific display of incompetency, was so proud of himself that he had to go on national TV (again), to announce it to the country. A lot of people laughed of the “Obama-Narcissist or Merely Narcissistic” article written by Dr. Sam Vaknin last year, but his behavior thus far in his young presidency definitely supports this theory.
One more point of idiocy in this whole debacle. If we are going to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan for a push, why would our President make this announcement on national TV and detail it as much as he did? Maybe we should send the Taliban a list of all of the units which will be going, their dates of arrival, manpower, and all tables of equipment and weaponry as well. I hope that I don’t annoy Americans by saying this, but this type of transparency is detrimental to the mission. There are a lot of things the general American public doesn’t need to know about what my fellow military members are doing in Afghanistan. To be quite blunt, this type of knowledge in the enemies hands gets our brave men and women killed. Last night the Taliban, without needing to use any type of intelligence assets, found out that 30,000 reinforcements are coming to take back control from them. Additionally, and more importantly, they time tables from the President. They now know he plans to start pulling my comrades out of there in 18 months.
Wow!!! I wonder what they’ll do??? Does anyone else with an IQ above 80 think they might blend back in with the populace and/or into hiding for about…hmmm…thinking of a figure…thinking…18 months???
The truth is, with decision making and leadership such as this, Obama has no plan or desire to win this war. Every decision he makes is made with politics in mind, not the good of the nation. Being a U.S. Marine, I find this behavior to be despicable. 30,000 of my brothers and sisters are now going to be sent away from their families, many before Christmas this year, to perform an act of symbolism for the Narcissist in Chief over the next year and a half…but you know what, those brave men and women will do it proudly, as they are the only honorable Americans in this charade.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackOur fearless leader is incapable of making up his mind…..on anything at all. His plan was to make his Afghanistan Speech at West Point where most of the cadets were not too happy with what he had to say.
He told the insurgents that 30,000 were coming to get them….date and time included I’m sure. LOL
His speech contained 43 ‘ I “‘s in it…..and he never came to any conclusions but jumped from one thing to another…..is he on drugs?
IMO there is nothing between those big ears of his but AIR.
Every male member of my family and several of the females on both sides has served in the Armed forces since the civil war.
Your post displays the attitude one might expect from the likes of the Tim Mcveighs of this world, who was also a “veteran” and served our country in uniform before he turned against it. or Lee Oswald who was a “marine” before he fagged his commander and chief.
If indeed you are an active duty marine or have ever even been in the service, I for one would prefer not having you stand on that wall while my children sleep cause you have consumed way too much evangelical ideology and lack the simple common sense to distinguish between right, wrong and half ass crazy.
Oh yea the great quote from Jack Nicholson you like, you do realise he was the bad guy right, no I guess not,
pity its always the true heroes like Pat Tillman and not your kind who are stripped naked on the filed of battle so the Treasonous Bastards you venerate can attempt to beguile more of our children.
May God Bless our troops and save them from having to depend on someone like you when the shit hits the fan
Did you honestly just call me Timothy McVeigh and Lee Harvey Oswald, merely because I disagree with how our President handled the Afghanistan situation?
I guess to be a good American, by your definition, requires one to agree with everything the President says or does?
Am I to understand by what you’ve written above that you only wish to have members in the armed services who agree with President Obama 100% of the time? If that is your wish I have some disturbing news for you, as about 98% of our posts will be unmanned, effective immediately.
We, as service members, take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States…not to become blind-supporting zombies of the President. In fact, polls would show that the majority of military members are not in support of how the President has conducted himself thus far, but we are the military and he is our Commander in Chief, as consummate professionals we will support and defend this nation and obey the orders of our President, because that’s what we do. Your attempts to label me as both a domestic terrorist and presidential assassin were way out of line. As I read through your comments it strikes me that you seem to be a very bitter, hateful, individual who is completely intolerant of anyone who might have a viewpoint different than yours.
I know you don’t wish me to, but I will continue to serve and protect your rights to disagree with me and anyone else you wish to. It cannot be overstated how important it is that we always have that liberty and freedom of speech, as it is what defines us as a nation. It is an honor to protect your freedom to express your opinions, even if they do involve extremely unprofessional name-calling.
Also…the Nicholson quote was simply a little humor added to the article…I should have known that a liberal like yourself would not get it, you guys really do need to lighten up and find a sense of humor.
Mr Williams, I for one salute you . I read points in your article I had not even thought of. I am not sure there is even air between his ears. He is an egotistical idiot in my book. Thank you for your Patriotism and your service.
Bitter and Hateful sir, Nay I love you with the compassion and mercy instilled in my soul by the holy spirit through the sacrifice of his son Jesus on the cross at calvary,
I encourage you to express your opinions at the top of your voice, and would defend with my life your right to argue against every ideal I have spent a life in support of and if you can cultivate enough support amongst others to propel your candidates into office I will cheer loudly as your parade passes.
But blogs and politics are hard ball hyperbolic debate, the modern street corner in small and large towns where people gather to debate the issues of the day,
If you want the tone lowered your team needs to begin expressing with civility and respect contrary ideas, Death panels, born in Kenya, photo shopping the first lady as a chimp, I am delighted to go negative or respond with civilitiy but it was not our side who turned up the volume.
Your side lost in November and by the largest popular vote landslide in a generation,But bitter and spiteful you think? hardly, my mood is dam near orgasmic cause with people like Palin, Beck and Limbaugh leading your side, we shall be in power for generations to come.
Mr. Keller – I say this with as much respect as I can muster after reading your posts. SHUT UP! Mr. Williams is 100% correct in his statements about Obama. What happened to “Loose lips sink ships”? Why do we inform our foes of our war plans? Why announce our plans in detail to the enemy? For personal glory? It must be because I can think of no strategic reasoning for it otherwise. Now, if Obama sends 40,000 troops on a different date then ANNOUNCED and pulls a “fast one” on the enemy, I will graciously apologize. BUT, until such time I would state that you sir, are the minority as our President drives this once GREAT NATION to her knees. If you can be, and I quote you “orgasmic” with our country in the mess it is in I would certainly question your moral fiber and intentions towards MY country. I know a large number of service personnel and I have not spoken to ONE that believes Obama has delivered on ANYTHING he promised nor do they believe him to be a wise leader. HOWEVER, they do has he commands them….even when that means certain death. I am neither Republican nor Democratic as I see flaws in both views and frankly I have not seen one candidate in either party that I could truly be proud to call President. What I do see and feel pride in is our service men and women. God Bless them and may you pray to the same God to open your eyes and show you the truth!
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