Imagine you got hired to do a task, say, move some product from point "A" to point "B". You analyze the situation and tell your employer that you need a truck to do the job. Your employer considers your request and tells you alright, you can have that truck, but it will only have three wheels. Now you know how General Stanley Mc Chrystal feels.
The Commander in Chief announced his strategy last night for Afghanistan. He pledged the full support of our armed forces, as long as it doesn't take anymore than 18 months and 30,000 men. Talk about commitment! He's going to "try" to win a war with a surge in a country with no infrastructure, a mostly ignorant population, and a third again as big as Iraq,(that surge started in 2007 and is still occupied). I hope he doesn't try that kind of commitment with his marriage! Three quarters effort and a defined timeline for commitment doesn't sound like a plan for success at anything.
I think we can all agree that if we dedicated the full resources of our armed forces that occupation would be over in a heartbeat. Then we could begin to rebuild the already nonexistent infrastructure and government. Or we could ignore the requests of a man who studied war and has the applied experience needed to access the situation, to bow to the pandering of a man who's only battle ever fought was a popularity contest.
War is not a popularity contest. There can only be one battle plan. In the words of President Reagan; "We win, they lose!" Now that's a strategy! Instead America wasted three months while our Commander in Chief dallied trying to find a formula that would appease the left and still back his commitment to the "War of necessity." Three months of delay is expensive when your talking war! It was a disappointing result.
His motivational speech was less than effective. Did anyone else notice the cadets falling asleep? Hard to rally bored troops. You'd think since most of them will be shipped over there they'd be interested in the "pep talk." Not so much. I don't think I can blame them, nothing said falls in line with what they've been taught. You go to war to win, not to run away if the timeline doesn't fit your schedule. I wonder how that would have worked in World War one and two? How can we not be 100% dedicated?
Freedom and the safety of a nation has a price. Pay it and move on.
God Bless
Capt. Bill
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I heard that obama has a master plan for some real action in Afghanistan he's going to to realy teach the Taliban a lesson he's going to put then on time out and give them a stern talking to that will teach them to mess with obama.
ReplyDeleteNow I feel safe don't you??.
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