Now that Sick and Tired American is back up and running (I apologize again…), let me waste no time in getting back to my commentary on the state of “things.”
If the president were to write a book on how to fight in Afghanistan, I would generously title it, How To Lose a War. I could title it, How To Kill American Soldiers, or How The Commander in Chief Failed America. You see, President Barack Obama is doing what he does best, instead of doing what’s right. He is waiting to make a decision based on the poll numbers or popular sentiment.
What he should be doing is listening to his combat Generals (you know, the men trying to win the war, not re-election) and give them the support they need.
During the campaign, this was Barack Obama, “It’s time to heed the call from General McKiernan and others for more troops. That’s why I’d send at least two or three additional combat brigades to Afghanistan. We also need more training for Afghan Security forces, more non-military assistance to help Afghans develop alternatives to poppy farming, more safeguards to prevent corruption, and a new effort to crack down on cross-border terrorism. Only a comprehensive strategy that prioritizes Afghanistan and the fight against al Qaeda will succeed, and that’s the change I’ll bring to the White House.” [source: http://www.cfr.org/index.html]
Where is that person now? Mr. President, your combat commander has made the request and you wait and wait and wait? The your administration attacks him? Where are these brigades of men you talked about sending to fight Al Qaeda? Why wasn’t that one of your first actions after you took over? The answer is sir, you ARE a liar! Men are dying on the battlefield while you waffle and make excuses. We want our soldiers home, Mr. President, but we want them home victorious! You have been told what General Mcchrystal needs to win the war. GIVE IT TO HIM! As you promised.
Now wait a minute, Patriot, the election in Afghanistan was loaded with fraud and a run-off election needs to be scheduled before The White House can make a decision. Sen. John Kerry said recently, “I don’t see how President Obama can make a decision about the committing of our additional forces or even the further fulfillment of our mission that’s here today without an adequate government in place or knowledge about what that government’s going to be…” [source: http://www.cbsnews.com] So let me get this right? We sent in our troops to secure freedom FROM a tyrannical/evil government and to stop the training and sponsoring of terrorists by that government, but we can’t send more troops (requested by the commanders on the ground) until we know the outcome of an election? Mr. Kerry, before we got there, THERE WERE NO ELECTIONS!! This is ridiculous. Send us in there, let us do our jobs! By not supporting the soldiers that are there already, this administration is hanging them out to dry!
It makes me sick!
Here’s what needs to happen:
Commit to victory in Afghanistan by sending more troops and aid the Afghan people in their struggle against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Fully engage the government of Afghanistan, regardless who the leader is, in training and arming more Afghan soldiers to fight along side us.
Do what must be done. War is ugly business and we need to lose this sense of a moral “high ground.” Our enemies kidnap, torture, murder, mame, bomb and use human shields. They will stop at nothing to defeat us, why should we? The media in this country loves telling the story of evil Americans doing evil things to innocent people. Why can’t we show stories of our soldiers helping, feeding, building? Every time we build a school, someone blows it up. We fly to remote villages to give children medical care. We distribute educational material to women and young girls who can’t read. Damn it, WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS!! But our story isn’t being told? No amount of food is going to win a war though. No amount of medicine to villagers in need will root out the evil in that country. The American people can’t stomach what it takes to win a war. They can’t handle the truth that we must become evil to destroy evil. Once the bombs start going off more frequently in the United States in pizza parlors and movie theaters; once busses in New York become the targets of bombers; once the people begin to experience what we have so far been spared, maybe then we will begin to do what it takes to win. Not only win the war, but win the peace.
– The Patriot
Tags: Afghanistan, Obama, war
