RedState is reading the new Woodward book. Here you have it in black and white. The surge of troops into Afghanistan was below the number recommended by his military advisers. Obama did not support the surge, he was fixated on an early withdrawal, but he lacked the courage to make that decision. How a president can continue to waste the lives of young Americans in a war he neither believes in or cares about is beyond my comprehension. One of those soldiers was the son of our friend Marc Danzinger, or "Armed Liberal" of Winds of Change. Fortunately, Marc's son returned safely; but not all of his comrades did. Marc's a little bit angry right now. I was a fool. Here's Jackson Diehl, in the Washington Post: One of the most remarkable aspects of Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars," is its portrait of a White House that has all but resigned itself to failure in Afghanistan. As Woodward recounts it, by last spring -- just six months after President Obama announced the dispatch of 30,000 additional U.S. troops, along with a modified counterinsurgency strategy -- virtually every civilian official at the National Security Council and in the vice president's office had concluded that the plan was doomed. If that doesn't offend you, you're not paying attention. Forget my outrage as the father of a soldier whose life Obama was prepared to waste in support of a cause he and his team have no faith in - I'm outraged as a taxpayer, as a citizen, as someone who relies on my government to defend me and mine and to advance the causes of our nation. No wonder Obama is uncomfortable around military families. In fairness to former Obama supporters, there was plenty of protective coloration. Still, honestly: deep down, you really knew, didn't you?
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Oct 01 2010, 01:36 AM
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