{"id":15770,"date":"2009-11-24T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T22:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15770"},"modified":"2009-11-24T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T22:31:01","slug":"why-does-he-have-to-say-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15770","title":{"rendered":"Why does he have to say it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess Axelrod told President Obama that he couldn’t get elected if he didn’t send some troops to Afghanistan and apparently they’ve just been bickering over the number the last few months.<\/p>\n

\"finish-the-job\"<\/a><\/p>\n

General McCrystal asked for 40,000 troops and Obama is thinking about 34,000. When I was an infantry platoon sergeant and I needed a crucial part to keep my platoon running, or an important piece of equipment, I’d request 3 – that way I made sure I’d get one. I hope that’s what General McChrystal did when he requested troops.<\/p>\n

Either way, Obama has bought his share of the war whatever the outcome. He wasn’t willing to buy the full boat, so every death, every casualty is fully his – from the day McChrystal submitted his report 3 months ago. <\/p>\n

“It is my intention to finish the job,” he said of the war in Afghanistan….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It damn well better be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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