patience?
while soldiers die in record numbers?
in mcchrystal's secret assessment of august 30, leaked to the public by the post's bob woodward on sept 21, the day after obama blitzed five sunday talks and said he was waiting for an assessment he was the next day revealed to be sitting on, when he lied by saying he had not yet been asked for more troops...
in that secret assessment, obama's hand picked commander, mcchrystal, warned that delay in the mountains above the moon dooms us to defeat
obama clearly does NOT want to commit to afghanistan
even tho it was a prime plank of his campaign, pushed forward to convince the electorate he was not your traditional blame-america-first, anti military democrat
aghanistan is obama's war
on march 27, the prez announced his "new, comprehensive" strategy for afghanistan, and it was in total accord with mcchrystal's assessment
in august he called it a "war of necessity," not one of "choice"
it's the "right war," he's maintained up til the present
domestically, he's gonna have to surrender on the public option, infuriating his base
he can't afford to piss em off on the war front, as well
that's what's going on here
he now uses karzai's corruption as a fig leaf to cover his reversal
he's so transparent
he suddenly discovered the dictator's dishonest?
shocked, shocked, shouted claude rains in curtiz' cinema classic, casablanca, maybe the greatest movie ever made
gambling in rick's cafe!
obama has totally estranged the cia, panetta's nonplussed
when's the last time you heard mention of the prosecution?
and now, the pentagon
mcchrystal's gonna quit
the military is mad as hell that the politicos went on stephy and mtp and john king this sunday and, without consulting them, announced this complete reworking of strategy
petraeus, mcchrystal and gates feel sucker punched
if karzai's too corrupt to send reinforcements, how is he decent enough for 68000 americans already there to fight for?
here's lookin' at you, kid