by Patrick J. Buchanan,Human Events
Will Obama listen to the General or to Rahm Emanuel?
The Pentagon’s pre-emptive strike came with the leak of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s confidential review of the Afghan war to Bob Woodward of The Washington Post.
McChrystal’s painting of the military picture was grim.
"Failure to gain the initiative and reverse insurgent momentum in the near-term (next 12 months) —while Afghan security capacity matures —risks an outcome where defeating the insurgency is no longer possible."
If I don’t get the troops to reverse the Taliban gains,said McChrystal,we face "mission failure."A Saigon ending to the Afghan war. Word was quickly out that McChrystal wanted 40,000 troops,to bring U.S. force levels to 110,000 and coalition forces to 140,000.
Last week,a three-hour review was held at the White House. McChrystal participated by teleconference. His strategy —fight a counterinsurgency against the Taliban by taking and holding population centers,protecting the Afghan people and building up Kabul’s army,economy and government —was challenged.
Thank you for the McChrystal leak,whoever you are. This General knows who he is working for,and I believe,he is as scared as hell like me.
Imagine this president is still mulling over what to do since August. He was such a smart fellow when he was running for office. Now something happened…wonder what? We gotta retire this fellow next time we vote.
I can understand our president being upset with Gen. McCrystal because his egotism doesn't permit him to respect any opinion but his own. I have seen Obama's IQ listed (134) and he couldn't carry a rocket scientist's lunch. What is more pertinent,he has no military experience. He is bent on supporting the scientifically unproven policy of man caused global warming. So,he is denying the opinion of over 30,000 US scientists of whom practically all are undoubtedly much smarter than himself and 20 years of unproductive research.
One man knows almost everything and the other knows VERY,VERY little.
So who should be listening.?