{"id":15330,"date":"2009-10-29T08:49:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2009-10-29T09:08:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T14:08:38","slug":"biehner-time-for-a-decision-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15330","title":{"rendered":"Boehner: Time for a decision on Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Power<\/a> blog writes that, after the stunning attack on UN members at a guest house yesterday, the United Nations is reconsidering their mission in Afghanistan. Still the President dawdles. John Boehner, Ohio Republican, says it’s time for a decision from this White House; <\/p>\n

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“This has gone on now for well over two months, and I think it’s time for the President to make a decision. My biggest concern is that the men and women that are in Afghanistan in the military, they are at much greater risk as a result of his unwillingness to make a decision.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Post<\/a> writes that Obama is still asking for information on Afghanistan upon which to base his decision;<\/p>\n

President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international help, information that his advisers say will guide his decision on how many additional U.S. troops to send to the battle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After two months and six meetings, he still doesn’t have the data he needs to make a decision. But, the AP\/Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that the President took time to welcome fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base last night.<\/p>\n

In a midnight dash to this Delaware base, where U.S. forces killed overseas come home, Obama honored the return of 18 fallen Americans Thursday. All were killed in Afghanistan this week, a brutal stretch that turned October into the most deadly month for U.S. troops since the war began. The dramatic image of a president on the tarmac was a portrait not witnessed in years. Former President George W. Bush spent lots of time with grieving military families but never went to Dover to meet the remains coming off the cargo plane. Obama did so with the weight of knowing he may soon send more troops off to war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not all soldiers die, AP. Some of them save lives by their presence. It appears that the Taliban are stepping up their pressure to scare the President from making the right decision. All of the media fawning over his visit to Dover doesn’t help our troops one whit. More on the President’s visit to Dover at The Mudville Gazette<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Stop voting present, President Obama, and make the right decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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