{"id":29124,"date":"2012-03-14T12:32:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29124"},"modified":"2012-03-14T12:32:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:32:44","slug":"post-sees-ambivalence-in-prez-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29124","title":{"rendered":"Post sees ambivalence in Prez’ words"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know a Democrat President is in trouble when the Washington Post<\/a> suddenly comes to the same conclusions that we came to years ago. They compare his words of strength before coming to office in regards to a renewed commitment to the war against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan and the words that come out of his mouth these days.<\/p>\n

While saying that he was \u201cconfident that we can continue the work of meeting our objectives,\u201d the president said his goal was to \u201cresponsibly wind down this war\u201d and \u201cbring our troops home.\u201d He promised to \u201ccontinue the work of devastating al-Qaeda\u2019s leadership and denying them a safe haven,\u201d but he made no mention of defeating the Taliban or of peace for the Afghans themselves. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, where have you been Washington Post? We’ve been saying that for years. No one in the current administration has been able to form the word “victory” on their lips in the past 3 years.<\/p>\n

The U.S. official most able to work with the Afghan leadership, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, was abruptly pushed out of his post because of a hyped magazine article. Mr. Karzai is an erratic personality \u2014 but is it any wonder that he has grown increasingly resistant to the Obama administration?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the Post led the charge for forcing McChrystal into an early retirement.<\/p>\n

The president reluctantly accepted the advice of his generals that he adopt a strategy of counterinsurgency against the Taliban and send additional troops to carry it out. But he arbitrarily cut the number of troops sought by commanders; set an equally arbitrary deadline for beginning their withdrawal; and rejected the military\u2019s advice that the pullout be staged after this year\u2019s summer fighting season. Now his aides are reportedly pushing for further troop withdrawals next year, once again against the Pentagon\u2019s recommendation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And columnists in the Post cheered him every inch of the way and continue to push for an even earlier withdrawal.<\/p>\n

As they watch these moves, Afghans, the Taliban and neighbors such as Pakistan can reasonably conclude that the United States, rather than trying to win the war, is racing to implement an exit strategy in which the interests of Afghans and their government are slighted. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s nice to see that the Post is making the same observations that this blog has been complaining about since the Fall of 2009. The Washington Post Editorial Board concludes;<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s evident that the president won\u2019t defend the war, and is focused on \u201cwinding down\u201d rather than winning, why should anyone else support it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In other words, paraphrased from John Kerry’s 1971 declaration “Who wants to be the last to die for the Obama reelection campaign?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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