Posted by
PDX Dave on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:22:22 PM
Nero had nothing on Obama.
So out of touch is our child-in-chief that he is sojourning around Europe pimping Chicago for a series of GAMES while Afghanistan turns into burning rubble.
To be fair, it is totally logical that Afghanistan would become the next focus of Al Qaeda's wrath after they were tossed unceremoniously from Iraq by President Bush. Even if "W" were still in office, the war in Afghanistan would have ratcheted to a higher level because Osama's bomb vest boys have been denied a major venue, but their show must go on somewhere.
It's called a New World War, where an amorphous, ununiformed enemy appears and disappears from conflict zones as they are allowed. This is not to say that making war on them is pointless. Far from it. The narrower their field of play, the more ineffective they are globally.
So, Obama is not at fault for the heightened conflict in Afghanistan, but he IS at fault for running the war with more brooding thumb sucking than bold action. FDR he ain't. At least FDR had the cajones to act, even though many of his actions turned out to be disastrous mistakes. Obama lacks the nerve, experience, and foresight to make any bold wartime decisions. Athis heart, he has no stomach for war, and if it weren't for a nasty thing called "re-election," he would declare Afghanistan "unwinnable" and precipitously surrender just like the Democrarts did in Vietnam.