Obama Can't Outsource Afghanistan- George Bush succeeded by talking to his generals regularly

Wall Street Journal ^ | Karl Rove

[opentalk]

So our top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has told CBS's "60 Minutes" that he has spoken with President Barack Obama only once since June.

This is a troubling revelation. Right now, our commander in chief is preparing to make one of the most important decisions of his presidency—whether to commit additional troops to win the war in Afghanistan. Being detached or incurious about what our commanders are experiencing makes it hard to craft a winning strategy.

[opentalk]

Mr. Obama's hands-off approach to the war seems to fit his governing style. Over the past year, he outsourced writing the stimulus package to House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, washed his hands of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to reinvestigate CIA interrogators, and hasn't offered a detailed health-care plan.

[SMARTY]

I have a sneaking suspicion that “O” has difficulty talking to MEN

[1066AD]

Why not ? He’s outsourced just about everything else so far.

[randog]

I have a sneaking suspicion that “O” has difficulty talking to MEN

Ooooh, mens!

[Logical me]

King Obama, the nitwit, has no idea how or why the military acts the way to win a war. So he votes present, as usual. He just won the lottery and is burning our taxpayers money on trips to feed his ego. He has no idea what he is doing.

[randog]

Why not ? He’s outsourced just about everything else so far.

He can take US tech's playbook and outsource the war to India. They're in the neighborhood and can take all their incompetent engineers and turn them into soldiers.

[Loud Mime]

You mean MEN of Character?

[camp_steveo]

How exactly did GWB succeed? OBL is still at large. That is not a success.

~SC

[TSgt]

I have a sneaking suspicion that “O” has difficulty talking to MEN

Exactly! Generals know BS when they hear it.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Deep thoughts...

[CharlesWayneCT]

I don’t think the PResident needs to have a regular discussion with his generals.

But I think the President NEEDS to hear his General SPEAK to him every month or so, so the General can be sure that the PResident is getting the truth of the war, unfiltered by political hacks.

Bush LISTENED TO the Generals. That’s what I want from any President.

[Boonie]

Where is bin Laden?

[opentalk]

In another article “burned by Obama”, His administation is not listening to economic advisors either. Has is own agenda.

[SMARTY]

Also...Military types have THEIR credentials splattered all over their chests for the WHOLE WORLD to see. “O”, if he has ANY credentials, has not displayed them to anyone.

[Hoosier-Daddy]

Using that analogy, we didn’t win WWII unless we captured Hitler.

[CharlesWayneCT]

The object of war is not to catch every leader of the opposition, it is to defeat the enemy army, and to prevent them from being able to inflict harm on your people.

Anybody can go into hiding. It took us years to find Saddam Hussein even when we had control of his country — but we had defeated his government long before we caught him.

[a fool in paradise]

He’s more hands on trying to secure the Olympics for he and his Chicago cronies.

The commander in chief is abdicating his RESPONSIBILITIES.

[RightWingConspirator]

Zero is simply another Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson without the ebonics lingo.

[Turbo Pig]

Leaving aside the argument that OBL is most likely dead, and has been for some years. Contrary to what the left says, getting OBL is NOT a measurement of success, it is just an outcome; one of many. Dislike Bush all you want; Lord knows there are enough reasons, his strategy of engaging Al Queda forces gutted them in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world. Their capabilites have been curtailed, their leadership has been killed, and the most best and brightest of their fighters were wasted in battles fought far from the American homeland.

Now, all that is truly being squandered by the Democrats and the Pres—ent in Chief through a half assed strategy that doesn’t look towards victory and ROEs that get US servicemen killed..

[RightWingConspirator]

Even the Selective Service registration form that Zero made available appeared to be fraudulent.