Posted on 09/16/2009 8:43:31 PM PDT by QenBirQeni
The Obama administration delivered to Congress on Wednesday about 50 measures to determine whether a broad military and nation-building campaign to stabilize Afghanistan and Pakistan was succeeding, paving the way for the White House to argue that the American combat effort in the region would not be open-ended.
The long-awaited measures were delivered in closed meetings with key members of the House and Senate, just as President Obama emphasized that he would take his time in evaluating a forthcoming request from the military for more combat forces.
“My determination is to get this right,” he said, as he met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, whose military forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in two years.
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Make sure Obama resigns.
This inexperienced, clueless hack is going to get a lot of people killed.
Yeah, well if it was just him I guess I’d be OK with it. But there’s a load of advisers who whisper in his ear and support this, not to mention giving him the idea. To think of all the resources and lives we’ve spend on those damned mountains just to turn tail and leave w/o UBL and Al Qaeda destroyed
I know of at least two of us that would like to see an adult in charge of our troops in Afghanistan. Someone that will read a general’s report when he receives it, instead of going out on a date with his wife while good men are dying. It would start by changing the rules of engagement.
You hit the nail on the head. He loafs and larks while lives hang in the balance. The fighting men and women are like plastic army men to him; a game he can play at his leisure.
Ditto. I assume victory is not one of the fifty.
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