obama and afghanistan 2009
Why is it so hard for Obama to make a decision about Afghanistan, its been more than two months now?
John McCain, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, renewed his call Wednesday for President Obama to make a decision on troop levels in Afghanistan “as soon as possible,” as the president held his eighth meeting with war advisers.
Obama, who has spent more than two months mulling Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops, is not expected to announce his decision until after he returns Nov. 20 from a trip to Asia.
“I feel very strongly that we owe it to the men and women in the military and the national security interests of the United States of America to have that decision made and made as soon as possible,” McCain, R-Ariz., said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/11/gop-senators-press-obama-afghanistan-troop-decision/
Because he’s not an idiot who jumps into things like Bush or LBJ. If you read a real newspaper, you’d understand some of the issues that are being debated. He’s listening to every side. For example, here are two generals who served there who disagree with one another:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/us/politics/12policy.html?hp
I’m just glad he doesn’t take American lives for granted as Bush did.
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