Posted by
grad_1986 on Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:29:56 PM
Well like they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case I will have to somewhat agree with Ralf Nader who recently posted a blog calling the president "a frightened man". His assessment is that Obama is the kind of person who likes to be liked. At his core values is his own like-ability and therefore tries to appease everyone, but in the end helps no one.
Lincoln was not liked by everyone (especially in the south). But in the end he knew that he had to do what was right and free the slaves. Reagan was not well liked by members of the house and even some in his own party but he in the end made decisions based on his own convictions and beliefs and he defeater the Soviet Union.
Today, Obama has been agonizing ( hard to say that word when you see him salsa-dancing up on stage ) over what to do with Afghanistan and whether to listen to his generals who want 40,000+ more troops or his democratic counterparts in Congress that want us to cut and run. This is not the time to be running a popularity contest Mr President !! There is no middle ground. You promised during your campaign that Afghanistan was more important to our national security than Iraq. Did you mean that? You said you would pull out our troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan. Have you done that? NO! Yes Mr. President its easier to play "Sunday-Morning-Arm-Chair-Commander-In-Chief" than to actually BE Commander-In-Chief. Now its YOUR war Mr. President.
Do you want:
A) The U.S. to look STRONG and you to be a man of your word? Then SEND THE TROOPS!
B) The U.S. to look WEAK and you to be just another politcian? Then BRING THEM ALL HOME NOW!
Leaving them there without giving them the tools to win is a DEATH SENTENCE. Mark my word, there will be another "Black-Hawk Down" situation again and YOU will have to answer to the families of those soldiers WHY YOU DID NOTHING!