By Christina Lamb,London Times
Obama can’t make up his mind
IN Afghanistan they would call it a shura,the traditional tribal way of listening to elders’ views before reaching a consensus. In Washington,where President Barack Obama has now held five war councils,they are starting to call it dithering.
With another council on the Afghan war scheduled for this week,US officials admit it could be November before a decision is finally taken on whether to agree to General Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops. One participant revealed that the protagonists have not yet discussed troop numbers.
Latest polls show a majority of Americans now disapprove of Obama’s handling of a war which may come to define his presidency. Many senior members of his own party are in open revolt.
Senator Robert Byrd,at 91 a Democratic institution,was so incensed that he dragged himself from his hospital bed last week to make a 13-minute speech. “Does it really take 100,000 troops to find Osama Bin Laden?” he wondered. “And how much will this cost? How much in terms of more dollars? How much in terms of American blood?”
He is not smart enough to dither. He does not have the foggiest idea whats going on,Our great Commander-in-Bluff
scratch your head,while our BOYS die overseas. What a dim bulb!!!
The wise think. The ignorant act without thought.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/obama_s_delayed_afgha…
Wouldn’t it be wise to either let the generals (who have years of experience and training) make the decisions over how many troops they need,rather than someone who has never even been in the military,or else just pull everyone out?
“0″is not qualified to be Commander in Chief. He IS well qualified to be foreman of a wrecking crew. his demolition crew is doing a bang-up job of
destroying everything good about America.
obama is not capable of making this decision he has only been a community organizer and Lawyer for acorn he is corrupt just like they are. Joe Biden is no better so they need to just bring home the TROOPS over there and that will mean alquada will take over and the war lost. What a terrible tragedy this will be but obama hates this GREAT USA so why does he not just give up and go back to kenya where his brother is?????????????????????