{"id":14731,"date":"2009-09-30T07:45:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T12:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14731"},"modified":"2009-09-30T07:45:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T12:45:18","slug":"giving-obama-cover-for-political-cowardice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14731","title":{"rendered":"Giving Obama cover for political cowardice"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post this morning gives Obama an exit strategy for making the politically tough decision to add to our forces in Afghanistan. The headline shouts Success Against Al Qaeda Cited<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\"success-against-al-qaida\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Post quotes unnamed “officials” who think we’re winning in Afghanistan without more troops;<\/p>\n

A U.S. counterterrorism official said that the combined advances have led to the deaths of more than a dozen senior figures in al-Qaeda and allied groups in Pakistan and elsewhere over the past year, most of them in 2009. Officials described Osama bin Laden and his main lieutenants as isolated and unable to coordinate high-profile attacks. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The unnamed “officials” (who could be Kenny the Copy Guy for all we know) claim that these successes stem from our successful employment of ninjas and drone aircraft – you know the same things we were doing before the Inauguration before Obama sent 20,000 new troops to Afghanistan. You remember – before the Inauguration when we were losing Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Of course, this article is nothing more than cover for Obama to disregard General McCrystal’s request for more resources – mainly because it goes against the brilliant military analysis of the smartest man in the world, Joe Biden;<\/p>\n

Those within the administration who have suggested limiting large-scale U.S. ground combat in Afghanistan, including Vice President Biden, have pointed to an improved counterterrorism effort as evidence that Obama’s principal objective — destroying al-Qaeda — can be achieved without an expanded troop presence. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So now we know that the White House Wing of the Washington Post will be pummeling us with more of their propaganda to give cover to Obama when he punts on the issue of increasing ground forces in Afghanistan. I’m sure we’ll see an increase in ninjas and zombie robots, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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