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Afghanistan Bananistan!

Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by scott in political munglings

I am getting really frustrated with our policies in Afghanistan.  The trouble is that they seem to be changing far too frequently.  We need to get this right!  It is at least as important as health care and seems to be getting pushed into the background in D.C.

When President Obama changed command there and picked General Mc Chrystal as his ‘man on the spot’ he indicated that he intended to follow the General’s recommendations.

Well, now he has them and the news is NOT good.

More troops are needed and right now.  Sadly even the additionally troops Obama chose to send to Afghanistan months ago are not all in place . . . can you believe that?  Now we need more.  Quickly, according to the General.

Obama and Sec. Gates must make a very difficult decision.

Are we to waste the lives of our young people in this terrible, drug out, non-conventional war (when is war ever conventional)?  That would be to continue as we are until we can arrange a planned withdrawal.

The other choice is to commit to this war and do our best to win it.

I am sure everyone with a loved one, or even a friend or acquaintance, serving there is waiting for the decision.  Trouble is Obama seems to be ignoring this critical issue.

Frankly I wonder if we should even be there any more?  The people don’t seem to want us and the government is corrupt beyond belief (I say that because it is OUR tax dollars that are supporting this government and not Afghani funds).  If we are going to stay, then the government should be chosen by us (and NOT include Karzai or his crooked brother) and under our control . . . clearly this country is NOT ready for democracy yet as I have already written about.

I do not believe we can say we won the war in Iraq . . . not with the thousands of people that are still being killed or critically injured in that country.  So, if we bail on Afghanistan then we will have a 0-3 record since WWII (it is sad that anyone, let alone me, is keeping track).

Is it our choice of wars or is it the way we chose to fignt them?

It is both.

What are we really doing half way around the world fighting this war in the year 2009?

If you can answer that intelligently and with substantial proof and evidence to support your response then you belong on Obama’s Cabinet.  No one that close to the President has made any kind of cogent statement to this affect since the election.

I repeat, I am frustrated.  Are you?

Obama is NOT keeping his campaign promises.  Well, what is new or different about that (don’t we all remember that Bush promised not to engage in ‘nation building’).

It is time to survey the situation there and make a decision.

General Mc Chrystal has done the survey and made recommendations.

Now I am waiting with bated breath for the decision.

Get out or get real.

Don’t wast any more of our time President Obama and sure as heck don’t wast any more of our precious lives!!

thanks for the photo from flickr to army.mil this photo deserves full credit:  it is of Sgt. Joseph Evans and was taken by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel — double thanks for your devoted service to our country!

Tags: afghanistan, Gen McChrystal, karzai, obama