This Will Not End Well
By George Will, Real Clear Politics
Obama is making some big assumptions in his Afghan plan
A traveler asks a farmer how to get to a particular village. The farmer replies, "If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here." Barack Obama, who asked to be president, nevertheless deserves sympathy for having to start where America is in Afghanistan.
But after 11 months of graceless disparagements of the 43rd president, the 44th acts as though he is the first president whose predecessor bequeathed a problematic world. And Obama’s second new Afghanistan policy in less than nine months strikingly resembles his predecessor’s plan for Iraq, which was: As Iraq’s security forces stand up, U.S. forces will stand down.
Having vowed to "finish the job," Obama revealed Tuesday that he thinks the job in Afghanistan is to get out of Afghanistan. This is an unserious policy.
Obama’s surge will bring to 51,000 his Afghanistan escalation since March. Supposedly this will buy time for Afghan forces to become adequate. But it is not intended to buy much time: Although the war is in its 98th month, Obama’s "Mission Accomplished" banner will be unfurled 19 months from now — when Afghanistan’s security forces supposedly will be self-sufficient. He must know this will not happen.
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Tags: Afghan Plan, George Will, Obama, This will not end well, victory
December 3rd, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Since Obama has never had the responsibility of accomplishing anything, he doesn't know how to accomplish anything. He is too busy devising ways to destroy the nation to devise a way to win a war. Hell, I don't think he wants to win a war; remember his foolish statement of a few weeks ago regarding 'winning.' The tragedy is that he is basically committing more troops to a war zone where he has disclosed his strategy to the enemy in advance. This man is unfit to be commander-in-chief and is a sorry excuse for a human being. If he had a conscience, he would be ashamed of himself.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 pm
WOW right on Annie66. I could not have said it better.
This phony, black ,liar is unfit for any role in America. How in the HELL did he get to be president?????????
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I hope you guys all remember this, when it's time to vote. Obama and his administration are all thugs, they hate the US and are hell bent to destroy our constitution and our way of life. America has nothing to apologize for.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Poor little "MULATTO", Indonesian, Kenyan, Muslim, Barry Soetoro Barack Hussein Obama…..Let us just give it to Barry because of his human condition….This is cult multiculturalism, affirmative action in all of its political correctness at the height of its extreme greatness…That is why the 2 misfits were able to penetrate the inner circles of security at the White House…The people he brought with him/them from the bowels of Chicago, such as the incompetent social secretary are of the same ilk and incapable of doing their jobs…Exactly what the American dream has raised and perpetuated…Inferiors incapable of doing their jobs such as poor little Barry…God help us
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Everybody get on the Impeachment list. Floyd Brown has 90,000 now; needs 100,000 to get Senate to act.
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:03 pm
What Kool Aid are you guys drinking from? Back to the old race baiting, slanderous language. Take your list of 100k to the senate and waste your time. The day of the good ol white boys and girls runnin da show are over. You had your shot with the last prez and boy was he a doozy! He wasted American lives, he ordered war crimes to be committed in our name, he gave 700 BILLION dollars to Wall Street interests, and he invaded other countries without provocation. The America he portayed was THE BETRAYAL of the Constiution but you folks are just a little too dim to understand it! Keep on holdin on to Palin and the Neocon agenda. A couple more election cycles with your far right litmus tests and the Republicans won't even be able to elect a dog catcher!
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
We don't need a dog catcher we already have one in the WH. BTW Obama is the racist.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:44 pm
If Barrack Obama took the trouble invest one third of the effort to attain victory
in Afghanistan as he did to get elected it would be a done deal. Unfortunately
our Barry doesn't perform any act that doesn't profit him in some personal way. If he had to be compared to anyone in history it would be Caiphas his
alter ego. The Obama bus leaves today and he would like everyone who
doesn't support his fragile psyche to be under it. We're dim mike ? If re-
publicans need a dog cather we can always call on you, or Barry after 2012.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Mike with all due respect….Did you say something of relevance…My opinion…Don't think so…If there has been any race baiting and slander it has been by your man in the White House (our house) …The #1 "SVUGGIE" which I would think for which you voted and all his criminals from… "Chicago"…How do you spell Chicago…Chicken in the car and the car can't go and that is how you spell Chicago…Their car is not going anywhere but downhill…It is people the likes of you that elected this egg plant…
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:51 pm
eggplant now that is funny!! lol
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
He got to be president because 95% of blacks voted for him and sill will.
The rest are white who are clueless or socialist and think its cool we got a black president and still would.
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Mike you are a nut evil marxists communists misfit traitor just like all you deomocrats are you just go back to lol lol land but when this Constitution is gone you all will be effected just like all of us will wake up before it is to late
December 4th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Just think what would have happened if Bush had said "Well, this happens to my white friends often, blacks mug them or rob them or ask them "fo' a dola"!" The liberal press would have feasted on him. Yet Barry gets away with saying "This happens to blacks quite often" about his little pussy Harvard professor BLACK STUDIES buddy who has a sissy fit because a (white) police officer properly asks him for his ID.. It's not racist when Jesus Barry says it. And his lackey lapdog, Keith Olbermann is always there to lick his ass.
December 4th, 2009 at 3:05 am
No Wonder Muslim Obama Gagged Fort Hood Muslim Hasan
http://faithfreedom.org/islam/no-wonder-muslim-ob...
December 4th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Remember, in his campaigning, r the beginning of his term, he said that wherever the political winds may blow, he will stay true to the muslim people. But, nowhere can you find, in the audio or textual records of his communications, that he will stay true to the American people. As Limbaugh says, as does Hannity, he has done nothing but apologize for what American has been or done wrong.
December 4th, 2009 at 4:03 am
I don't think Obama has any intention of staying true to the American people because he despises the American people. He came to destroy us, not to save us.
December 4th, 2009 at 6:39 am
annie…thats what i don`t understand..I may not be the brightest light bulb in the house ..but isn`t that kinda like telling the opposing football team what play will be played before hand? Huh? Can`t we impeach this mack-daddy for failure to protect and serve?
December 4th, 2009 at 6:53 am
Oliver..those 2 were not misfits..they were invited. The secrets service guys are gettin thrown under the bus. I don`t remember names but the 2 are involved with a professor who is muslim,anti-American,terriorist synpathizer who is friends with Obama. Obama is busted ..he was not expecting the 2 to have a camera crew following them. That`s why he would not allow the social secretry go before congress today.
December 4th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Boe you are right obama knew about these two and if they made that rogers lady testiufy you would see that the evil marxists communist muslim boy knew all about it if we had some honest senate and house they would force obama to make her testify but we have idiots in house and senate liars too
December 4th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Taliesin that is good what you said obama like
December 4th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Sam Hindu you are correct nadil hason was on obama homeland security advisor board and when it was exposed they took it down I do not understand why FBI had not picked up on this
December 4th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
It seems like he should be impeachable although I haven't read all of the rules in a long time. Something needs to be done to get rid of this man. He is a menace and a threat to this nation. I feel sorry for the military personnel that he cares nothing at all about; he will get them all killed. The death rates have already risen dramatically since the changed the rules of engagement.