Obama's Dithering Dims Americans' View on Afghanistan and the War on Terror

Put down your liberal Kool-aid and take a drink from reality. The reality is we were committed to the end result when we put boots on the ground. I, like you, and not content with the current admistrations "status quo". But we follow through with the committment. We put trust and confidence in our military to prosecute the war. We give them every, single tool they want and need to put it to a quick finish. The longer we, "Dither" the more money is spent, the more impatient Americans become, the more US soldiers die, the more that country suffers.

The problem with you liberal types is none of you have had to make a "sacrifice." You don't have "skin in the game." Until you do, stay sitting in your arm chairs on the perifery.

By the way, Freddy of CA, Keith Olbermann called and wants his dusty Jane Fonda quotes back. "...let alone the soldiers killed who were defending their nation from what they rightly saw the US as - a foreign terrorist invader." Where do they come up with this drivel?!

This is no Viet Nam (despite how adamantly you libs assert that it is). There is no threat of communist expansion, no jungles, no NVA and Viet Cong dressed in pajama uniforms, no Ho Chi Minh.

What we have are terrorist dressed as civilians. Cowards that live in caves, terrorize their neighbors, set IED's and slink away. We are dealing with an enemy steeped in religious zealotry. We are dealing with a hodge-podge mixture of foreign fighters from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc. We have the provincial government elected by the people that support our efforts. We have coalition countries on our side.

And yes, it's been eight years, and it could very well be another 8 years considering Obama's rate of prosecuting the war and the fact that we are not going to have a nice formal conclusion to the conflict where generals meet and discuss surrender and armistice in Kabul over coffee.

It's going to be Muslim fanatics that will continue to harass and disrupt life until they learn that the world does not tolerate militant zealotry and/or they decide that Allah has run out of virgins.

But to ignore, stick our head in the sand, pretend it will go away, tuck our tail and run...well, we tried that liberal approach already. Remember former President Clinton response when they bombed the WTC the first time, bombed the Khobar Towers, Bombed Embassies, Attacked the USS Cole, and committed the 9/11 atrocity. One word describes his response in case you don't remember: Nothing! That form of parenting doesn't work with kids and it certainly doesn't work for terrorists.

So, Lisa, what Bush did was something Clinton should have done in 1992 and I gave compelling reasons why it's going to take longer than a conventional war.

Brandon, it's not Obama cleaning Bush's mess. It is Bush and Obama cleaning the mess Clinton made for failing to retaliate.

Lisa, my dear, THAT is the inconvenient truth.

david of ID 6:25PM November 03, 2009