{"id":49041,"date":"2014-05-29T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=49041"},"modified":"2014-05-28T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T20:43:07","slug":"pro-war-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=49041","title":{"rendered":"Pro-war Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> which spent a good portion of the last decade standing against the war against terrorism has suddenly decided that they like the war in Afghanistan and they criticize the current administration’s plan to withdraw from Afghanistan;<\/p>\n

YOU CAN\u2019T fault President Obama for inconsistency. After winning election in 2008, he reduced the U.S. military presence in Iraq to zero. After helping to topple Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi in 2011, he made sure no U.S. forces would remain. He has steadfastly stayed aloof, except rhetorically, from the conflict in Syria. And on Tuesday he promised to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n

The Afghan decision would be understandable had Mr. Obama\u2019s previous choices proved out. But what\u2019s remarkable is that the results also have been consistent \u2014 consistently bad. Iraq has slid into something close to civil war, with al-Qaeda retaking territory that U.S. Marines once died to liberate. In Syria, al-Qaeda has carved out safe zones that senior U.S. officials warn will be used as staging grounds for attacks against Europe and the United States. Libya is falling apart, with Islamists, secularists, military and other factions battling for control.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The continue to criticize Obama for not building on the gains that the troops have made there, suddenly they’re worried about whether girls could go to school without US troops, they complain that Obama has abandoned them all. Well, ya know what, they should have had their “come to Jesus moment” back in 2009 when this administration just wanted to look like they were fighting a war. <\/p>\n

The Washington Post should have urged their readers to ignore the stories about urinating on Taliban corpses – they should have come out and supported the troops instead of blowing up every little thing they did. They should have supported the troops fighting the war to a successful conclusion, to a victory. The Post should have criticized the administration when it was clear in 2009 that their only strategy in Afghanistan was withdrawal. They should have criticized the Obama Administration when they wouldn’t let the troops arm themselves and scores were killed as a result.<\/p>\n

But now they want to leave more troops than the 9800 the Pentagon will leave this year, you know, I guess so more can get killed. But now they want to be war hawks. Where were you 13 years ago, Washington Post editorial board?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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