Wars and Rumors of War

Wars and Rumors of War

The handwriting is all over White House walls: The U.S. will cut and run out of Afghanistan, and probably out of Iraq, if things get dicey there too.

In a repeat of our sorry experiences in Korea in the 50’s and in Viet Nam in the 70’s, President Obama will soon declare victory in Afghanistan and pack up all our cares and woes and retreat under fire from that chaotic nation, the same nation that was the breeding ground for the 9/11 maniacs.

Iraq may follow as Obama tries to placate the multitude of defeatists in the Democratic Party.

“Resources will not win this war, but under-resourcing could lose it,” [Lt. General Stanley] McChrystal wrote in a five-page Commander’s Summary. His 66-page report, sent to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Aug. 30, is now under review by President Barack Obama.”

“Under-resourcing”=an inadequate number of boots on the ground.

He has asked for 60,000 additional troops to insure the defeat of the growing strength of the Taliban, a surge, if you will, the same tactic that Democrats scorned when Bush supplemented the boots in Iraq and which resulted in a tentative victory in that country.

“McChrystal warned that unless the U.S. and its allies gain the initiative and reverse the momentum of the militants within the next year the U.S. ‘risks an outcome where defeating the insurgency is no longer possible.’ ”

Obama’s response? ”I’m not interested in just being in Afghanistan for the sake of being in Afghanistan or saving face or, in some way, you know, sending a message that America is here for the duration:” http://bit.ly/4E8Wvi.

That says it all, folks. In the recent tradition of the new Democratic Party, Obama will deftly tuck America’s tail between its legs and scurry off in failure and ignominy.

In related news, another retreat, this time from close allies and supporters Poland and Czechoslovakia, Obama has cancelled plans for a missile defense/radar system in those countries.

Rather than negotiate a tit-for-tat deal with the Russians, the president unilaterally undercut two valuable friends in Eastern Europe. Interviewed on “Face the Nation,” he explained, “My task here was not to negotiate with the Russians. The Russians don’t make determinations about what our defense posture is.”

Oh, really, Mr. Obama?

So, “our defense posture” has no bearing on strategic moves in Moscow? Are you saying . . .
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