Posted on 11/28/2009 11:14:55 AM PST by Tamar Rush
Worse Than Dirty Diapers
In a prime-time speech Tuesday from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Obama is expected to announce that he is sending up to 35,000 additional troops to Afghanistan beginning next year.
The figure is short of the 40,000 troops his top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has requested — but remains enough to anger many congressional Democrats, who oppose any potential troop surge, arguing that the mission is too expensive and lacks a clear objective.
“I think there will be some disillusionment within his base,” said Paul Kawika Martin, political director for Peace Action, a grassroots organization, who added that thousands of activists are planning to protest following the president’s announcement.
“We’re going to spank him for sending more troops,” he told FoxNews.com, adding that they may also “thank him” if he announces a quick exit strategy.
The White House has said that the U.S. won’t be in Afghanistan for another eight or nine years. But that won’t satisfy liberals, Martin said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelastcrusade.org ...
And Barney Frank says, “I’m next!”
Even the peaceniks are abandoning poor Barry...tsk, tsk, tsk.
I’ll believe when I see it.
Otherwise, nothing more than antiwar libtard rhetoric.
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