What SANE, INFORMED person can forget the agonizing, outrageous delay for the “Commander and Thief’s” surge decision?? Months of waiting .. dozens of heartbreaking, needless deaths of our brave troops .. and all political, all arrogance “I won” power and control, to appease his wacko lib base (many of whom could be on this thread).
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To surge or not to surge:
Obama’s delay on Afghan decision divides U.S. lawmakers
Published: Sunday, October 25, 2009
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Excerpt:
Top lawmakers sparred Sunday over the timing of President Barack Obama’s decision on how to move ahead in Afghanistan, with Republicans urging a quick move to boost troop levels and Democrats counseling patience.
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Republicans said Obama must sign off soon on a recommendation from the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, to substantially increase the number of American troops there by as many as 40,000 or more. Democrats warned against a hasty decision on any increase.
http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2009/10/to_surge_or_not_to_surge_obama.html
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Mr. Obama formally ends a 92-day review of the war in Afghanistan Tuesday night with a nationally broadcast address in which he will lay out his revamped strategy from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He began rolling out his decision Sunday night, informing key administration officials, military advisers and foreign allies in a series of private meetings and phone calls that stretched into Monday.
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Speaking to “Early Show” co-anchor Harry Smith Tuesday morning, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the months-long process of deliberation Mr. Obama took to make his final decision.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/01/politics/main5846260.shtml
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IT WAS CLEARLY HIS DECISION AS CIC, and HIS alone, it was the deployment in which Ltc Lakin was included, and the world had to hold its breath until this cretin was damn ready!
Exactly. He was the only one who could make that decision. To say that he is “irrelevant” would be utterly laughable if it wasn’t a serious claim in a serious judgment having serious consequences for us all.
We’re living in an alternate universe.