Why Egg Him On ?

Commentary ^ | SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 | Jennifer Rubin

[RobinMasters]

Bill Kristol shares:

The single most damning story about President Obama so far is one we know courtesy of his national security adviser, Jim Jones. Visiting the newly installed military commanders in Afghanistan in late June, Jones told General Stanley McChrystal that if he requested more troops any time soon, Obama would have a “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” (i.e., “What the f–”) moment. Jones then, in an interview, made the claim—denied by everyone else involved—that military leaders had agreed that when the president earlier sent 21,000 troops to Afghanistan, “there would be a year from the time the decision was made before they would ever come back and ask for any more.”

Okay. Jones is in way over his head. And, we gather, he’ll likely be gone by Christmas. But it’s still a remarkable statement by the president’s national security adviser. Afghanistan is a war Obama supported repeatedly as a candidate. One of his first acts as president was to recommit to success in the struggle. Yet Jones was willing to portray his boss, both privately and publicly, as timid and fearful of tough decisions.

This may be the most damning, but not the only, indication that the president doesn’t have his heart in this. There’s the aversion to persusing “victory.” And the leaking game over troop levels and various options also suggests the “do what it takes” sentiment is not in full flower. A robust commitment to military victory does not come naturally to Obama.

[RobinMasters]

And yet, here is what the same J. Jones said a few weeks ago :

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/08/abc-news-exclusive-national-security-adviser-says-president-obama-is-having-greater-success-taking-t.html

“The world is coming together on this matter now that President Obama has taken the leadership on it and is approaching it in a slightly different way – actually a radically different way – to discuss things with other rulers to enhance the working relationships with law enforcement agencies – both national and international."

“We are seeing results that indicate more captures, more deaths of radical leaders and a kind of a global coming-together by the fact that this is a threat to not only the United States but to the world at-large and the world is moving toward doing something about it.”

The former Marine General didn't provide any specific numbers to back up his claim, but he said :

“there is an increasing trend and I think we seen that in different parts of the world over the last few months for sure.”

He added that he was not “making a tally sheet saying we are killing more people, capturing more people than they did -- that is not the issue.”

“We have better human intelligence; we know where the terrorists are moving. Because of the dialogue and the tone of the dialogue between us and our friends and allies...the trend line against terrorism is positive, and that’s what we want. If we have a positive trend line we have a safer country.”

[stevie_d_64]

So I guess a “surge” is out of the question???

WTF, Mr. Obama???

You wanna win, right???

Seems like ya don’t...Just keep throwing a little more money and bodies into the fracas, and create the chaos...

Typical democrat play...

[UncleVanya]

TAKE ACTION NOW - NO MORE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES
The thing we have to do now, without any hesitation, is vote out this current Congress in 2010. Then take back our Nation in 2012. If we do not mobilize ourselves and others now to do this in ways far beyond where most of us have ever engaged in political matters, we will lose this country. And have ourselves to blame.
FRIENDS, WE CAN NO LONGER JUST 'PREACH TO THE CHOIR' -- WE MUST CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO ALL WE KNOW AND ACT NOW. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

[xkaydet65]

Great. Obama and Jones are becoming Johnson and McNamara. The new strategy is “body count.” How did that one work out the last time? Pretty soon they’ll be talking about captured documents.

[null and void]

You wanna win, right???

I'm sure he does.

I'm just not sure which side he's on.

[Tublecane]

“Jones then, in an interview, made the claim—denied by everyone else involved—that military leaders had agreed that when the president earlier sent 21,000 troops to Afghanistan, ‘there would be a year from the time the decision was made before they would ever come back and ask for any more.’”

I’m no military genius, but things can change within the space of a year. Imagine if FDR, Stimson, or whoever, had warned Eisenhower not to ask for anymore troops after he landed in France. “You’ve got what you need, Ike. Now get to Germany, and stop bothering us.”

[hinckley buzzard]

VN deja vu. "There is light at the end of the tunnel and our boys should be coming home by Christmas." ...Some general, sometime around 1965 or so.

[encm(ss)]

Tublecan, here’s were you error:
“I’m no military genius,....”

You have to understand, Obama IS the military genius along with so much more. Hey, he is the Messiah, isn’t he?

[stevie_d_64]

He’s on the dark side...

[flowerplough]

A robust commitment to military victory does not come naturally to Obama.

A robust commitment to anything other than campaigning and teleprompter reading does not come naturally to Obama. He's the Harvard Law Review editor who never published any article therein, he's the Illinois legislator with the record for the most "Present" votes per term, he's the candidate who swore there'd be no lobbyists in his administration, ...