No Alibi

[unhappycamper]

No Alibi
By convicted felon Oliver North | October 23, 2009

It's already the front edge of winter in America's Great Plains. Here, where the air is clear and crisp, there is a passion for walking behind a good dog while hunting pheasants and a good "alibi" for missing a fast-flying bird is an art form.

"It was too low for a good shot," or "I didn't want to hit the dog," will get the tale-teller extra credit for "prudence" -- once or twice. But if creative excuses exceed the number of birds brought home for dinner, a hunter soon loses the respect of his peers. Even the dogs recognize someone who is better at spinning yarns than bagging game.

That's Mr. Obama's problem with the fight in Afghanistan. He hasn't been willing or able to pull the trigger on a decision about what to do -- and now he's running out of alibis.

During his quest for the presidency, Mr. Obama repeatedly referred to the campaign against the remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban as the "central front in the war on terror" and Afghanistan as "the necessary war." In July of 2008, he pledged, "I will send at least two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan and use this commitment to seek greater contributions -- with fewer restrictions -- from NATO allies. I will focus on training Afghan security forces and supporting an Afghan judiciary. I will once and for all dismantle al-Qaeda and the Taliban." All these things still need to be done. But they haven't been. Instead, all we have are excuses.

By the time Mr. Obama made his March 27, 2009, decision to increase the "U.S. troop ceiling" in Afghanistan to 68,000, Taliban insurgents were flooding into the country from safe-havens in neighboring Pakistan. In May, General Stanley McChrystal, the president's hand-picked field commander, was dispatched to Afghanistan to implement the O-Team's previously announced "counterinsurgency strategy." Though the previously authorized U.S. force levels have yet to be achieved, we were subsequently told by the White House that there would be no further increases in American force levels until General McChrystal completed a "detailed assessment of the situation."


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,204359,00.html?wh=news



unhappycamper comment: I have nothing against convicted felons; only this convicted felon.

[rfranklin]

1. Dick Cheney's alibi was good....

He ran in front of the gun!

I was so upset, I had to go back to the cabin for a cocktail!

[Demeter]

2. Ollie, Your 15 Minutes Was Up 30 years ago