Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Time To Get Out Of Afghanistan?

I used to think that the U.S. should stay in Afghanistan, if only to keep the terrorists at bay, but now, it seems that it's time to get out.
It has nothing to do with the soldiers and other service personnel and the work they have done by tracking down terrorists and killing them.  It has nothing to do with the service people burning the already desecrated Korans. It also has nothing to do with the soldier who killed 16 people last week.  It's shameful and it doesn't represent all the good Americans and NATO has done in the country.
It has to with President Obama.  I cheered him when he became president and poured more troops into Afghanistan and for the most part, that strategy worked. (that's about the only thing I cheered Obama for)  But now, Obama is clueless.  He is spending more time apologizing than supporting the troops.  He has no clue on how to run a military operation.  Part of the problem is that Obama has never served in the military, never had to go through boot camp and like most lefties, just doesn't like the military and hates what they do.
Bush left Obama a good plan in Iraq and Afghanistan and Obama totally wrecked that plan.  Obama got bin Laden and that is all he has to hang his hat on.  Obama is clueless on how to operate a war and he really doesn't care.  Obama would rather concentrate on being liked by the world and in the U.S.  He is concentrating on getting re-elected and he is also concentrating on where to spend his next vacation.  But he has no concern about the service members in Afghanistan.
When Bush was president, he did the opposite, he concentrated more on the war on terror than on the economy and the economy tanked.  Obama is screwing up both- the war on terror in Afghanistan and the economy.  What will Obama do for the trifecta?
If Obama listened to his military advisers, then I would cut him some slack, but he doesn't.  Apparently, Obama thinks he is smarter than the generals and other military personnel, so he does what he wants.  He only surrounds himself with yes men and women, so no one will tell him what the real truth is.  See Leon Panetta.
And the left bloggers, protesters, media and other lefties are just as much to blame.  When Bush was president, all they did was protest and yell "No blood for oil" and other stupid phrases.  But where are they now?  Quiet as Helen Keller in church.  The lefties are to blame for being such hypocrites and playing politics.  If the war was wrong under Bush, then the war is wrong under Obama.  But the left are so mentally incompetent, that they would rather put Obama first than the country or their beliefs.  The left sold out themselves just for Obama.  How pathetic is that?
Obama is threatening to lay off thousands of military personnel, cut their benefits and he gives them no respect.  Likewise, the military has little respect for Obama and hope a GOP candidate wins in November.
So, should we leave Afghanistan?  As long as Obama is president, I think we need to get out.  Obama has shown himself to be a weak leader who has no clue how to be a commander in chief of the military.  When we have an unfit commander in chief, he should not be allowed to run a war.  It is dangerous to the military service men and women and it is dangerous for the country we are fighting in.

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