Post by dgriffin on Nov 30, 2009 21:56:49 GMT -5
I know he won't give the speech until Tuesday night, but if everyone else in the world can anticipate and comment, why not us.
I'm hearing (reading, actually) that the Prez will call for an increase of some 30,000 troops, bringing the total in Afghanistan to 100,000. Pundits insist Obama's speech must inform the American people that the reason why we need more troops there is to keep Al Quaeda from doing damage on the streets of America.
Fellow Democrat (his, not mine)Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a West Point graduate, said "I think he has to make a speech that shows that all of our efforts are pointed to our reduced presence in Afghanistan, but I think he has to also indicate again and again how critical this is to our national security."
Did that man just say sending another 30,000 men and women will point to our reduced presence in Afghanistan? Yes, he did.
So, I have to say, "Huh?" Isn't that what Bush was saying about Iraq (and for all I know, Afghanistan too)? And weren't the Democrats the guys who said that was crazy? Yes, they did.
edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/30/afghan.strategy.backlash/index.html
The President can't win this one. The American public is already finished with Afghanistan. On the road to his own legend, Mr. Obama has missed the exit for Camelot.
I'm hearing (reading, actually) that the Prez will call for an increase of some 30,000 troops, bringing the total in Afghanistan to 100,000. Pundits insist Obama's speech must inform the American people that the reason why we need more troops there is to keep Al Quaeda from doing damage on the streets of America.
Fellow Democrat (his, not mine)Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a West Point graduate, said "I think he has to make a speech that shows that all of our efforts are pointed to our reduced presence in Afghanistan, but I think he has to also indicate again and again how critical this is to our national security."
Did that man just say sending another 30,000 men and women will point to our reduced presence in Afghanistan? Yes, he did.
So, I have to say, "Huh?" Isn't that what Bush was saying about Iraq (and for all I know, Afghanistan too)? And weren't the Democrats the guys who said that was crazy? Yes, they did.
edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/30/afghan.strategy.backlash/index.html
The President can't win this one. The American public is already finished with Afghanistan. On the road to his own legend, Mr. Obama has missed the exit for Camelot.
