Obama's Hesitancy on War Buildup Sends Messages

[elleng]

To the Afghan government: Clean up your act. To the Pentagon: I'm no rubber stamp. To the American public: More troops can't be the sole answer.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/13/us/politics/AP-US-US-Afghanistan.html

[NYC_SKP]

1. Well said. K & R. n/t

[Diane R]

2. And this is exactly why so many of us voted for him.

[maglatinavi]

3. Diane/Ob

I am terribly disappointed of him on the issues of health and the DADT; but now in this matter I think he has done the right thing... however, I hurt for the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq in harms way every day... bring the troops home, NOW!!!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[dotymed]

4. There is so much that we don't know

about the Afghan "war." Read
"democracynow.org" about how we are funding the
Taliban and their "private contractors" to at least
$$billions a year. Picasso might have been able to capture the
surrealism...maybe..

[Andronex]

5. The real reason for the hesitancy...

is that opinions are divided on the issue even in the military. Obama just goes with the flow and since there there is movement...