Dithering & Dawdling
No cake for YOU!
The shape of a possible surge will now not be decided for another few weeks - after Thanksgiving, we are told. Foreign leaders had expected news of American plans after the widely trailed war council in Washington on Wednesday.
...The danger is that this drift erodes allied confidence and strengthens the hand of those who want America and Britain defeated in Afghanistan. Enemies such as the Taliban are able to smell weakness, and so are America’s allies.
...As Obama continues to ponder what next, it may well be that he is so worried about being the next LBJ that he forgets the record of another Democrat president. One who could not grasp why being seen as weak abroad leads to so many problems. Who didn’t understand how to respond to aggression and made poor diplomatic decisions. Perhaps it’s not Johnson he should be worried about being compared to, but Jimmy Carter.
[Teh iWon at Arlington]
Our Vietnam veterans served with great honor, and they often came home greeted not with gratitude or support but with condemnation and neglect. That’s something that will never happen again. ...Our servicemen and -women have been doing right by America for generations. And as long as I am commander in chief, America is going to do right by them.
Words are cheap.
From a guy who voted “Present” more often than any other way, while he was in the Senate (state and fed), his indecision stands right up there with Jimmy Carter.
Another Peace Prize guy.
Posted by ZZMike on 11/12/09 at 12:02 PM
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