Posted on 12/01/2009 7:43:51 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Three months ago, I joined a number of Americans in urging President Obama to provide the resources necessary to achieve our goals in Afghanistan. Tonight, I am glad he mostly heeded that advice........
This approach means, as Senator John McCain has noted, that “We now have an opportunity to build a bipartisan consensus in support of a vital national security priority: defeating Al-Qaeda and its violent extremist allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and ensuring that these countries never again serve as bases for terrorist attacks against America and our allies.”
We should be clear, however, that fewer troops mean assuming more risk. Talk of an exit date also risks sending the wrong message. We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a timetable for withdrawal that signals a lack of resolve to our friends, and lets our enemies believe they can wait us out. As long as we’re in to win, and as long as troop level decisions are based on conditions on the ground and the advice of our military commanders, I support President Obama’s decision.
- Sarah Palin
I understand why she said this but I disagree with her. I NEVER heard Obama use the word Victory, NOT ONCE. He smeared the Bush Administration, and the look on the cadet’s faces said it all. He also did not say “God Bless our troops” at the end of the speech(she might have missed that).
I agree. Most of the time I agree with her, but this time I have to say she’s off base.
She boxed Obama and the media in.....”SEE I Supported the President on his decision but he clearly didn’t trust the generals and cut and run out of there”
She is WAY off base.
I understand why she said this, basically she is saying she will be watching closely to see what happens in Afghanistan. It’s a “safe” statement. I guess I was expecting to hear her slam Obama but oh well. We can’t agree on everything.
Death by 1000 cuts........
Is she serious?
She better rethink this one.
The woman is gifted at conveying a message in clear no nonsense language.
“I understand why she said this, basically she is saying she will be watching closely to see what happens in Afghanistan. It’s a “safe” statement. I guess I was expecting to hear her slam Obama but oh well. We can’t agree on everything.”
Exactly, She is trying to be pragmatic in a sense all the while boxing him in if he cut and ran (which he will do!)
Having fun acting like a 5 year old on every thread?
You can disagree with her but do you have to come here and be such a jerk. Your not in the 6th grade anymore
“Is she serious?
She better rethink this one.”
I agree. This speech was nothing to post on Facebook about.
She should have reserved comment until there was actually action on the speech.
Except that Obama does not want to win it. He wants to look like he wants to win it and at that same time he is going to cut and run just in time for the 2012 elections.
This was a smart move on her part. She’s calling Obama out to win the war and she’s driving his base crazy because they are not happy he’s adding troops plus now he’s set a policy that even Sarah Palin agrees with. Heads must be exploding right now over at DU.
She didn’t see the speech (at a book signing). This may have been written beforehand. I hope she “revises and extends” her remarks.
“At long last, President Obama decided to give his military commanders much of what they need to accomplish their mission in Afghanistan. In the end, he decided to endorse a “surge” for Afghanistan, applying the counterinsurgency principles of “clear, hold and build” that worked so well in Iraq. Given that he opposed the surge in Iraq, it is even more welcome that he now supports a surge in Afghanistan.”
I agree with Sarah Palin. I don’t like POTUS Obama, wished someone else was in office. However, for the most part the decision is a good one....IF it is aggressively pursued. I value the lives of American military personnel. I want this surge to work, because I want to bring this conflict to a close. If a POTUS I can’t stand gets credit, then so be it. I put the lives of troops ahead of my political desires.
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