I read somewhere that a compromise is an arrangement whereby people who can’t get what they want make sure nobody else does either. and that’s the way this drizzle is shaking out in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n
According to the Associated Press<\/a>, President Obama is ordering only 30,000 troops for his drizzle over the next 6 months and then he’ll announce he’s pulling them back out in 19 months. So, I’m guessing there won’t be much action for the next 19 months while the Taliban takes sabbatical. <\/p>\n The Washington Times<\/a> writes that both sides in the US aren’t happy about his decision;<\/p>\n Two liberal Democrats and a moderate Republican lawmaker are set to announce their opposition to the president’s plan Tuesday afternoon, just hours ahead of Mr. Obama’s nationally televised address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. And Republican leaders, who support the president’s call for more troops to Afghanistan, have qualified that support by saying that any talk of an exit strategy won’t fly. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n That’s what happens when you’re supposed to be a leader you try to please everyone. Everyone expects to be made happy and no one is. Every 20-year-old buck sergeant learned that on the first day of PLDC. <\/p>\n ADDED: In this link from TSO, the American Legion has it’s reservations<\/a> about the policy, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n