This leaked out like three days ago. Obama said he would can whoever let it slip – if he finds out who it was. They really need to clamp down at the Whitehouse – seriously. First they say the President can take forever deciding what to do because it will take forever to get troops mobilized – but then once the President decides to send troops he also, supposedly, wants them there fast. They say there won’t be a time table in the speech, then they say there will… Obama needs to sit everyone down and tell them to stop speaking for him – or at least stop releasing his decisions while they’re in beta.
It’s a relief Obama is sending troops. It’s not the 40k, but he intends to sweet talk Europe into sending the other 10k. I hope this means he’s staying with a strategy for victory – however he defines it. I just hope they nail down a clear strategy and get it moving before spring. The Taliban have had the initiative for some time now while we’ve been dilly-dallying. And every day we spend without following a strategy with clear goals extends the time we’ll eventually be there by a week.
I’m going to listen to the address this evening. It better have some substance damn-it. I just don’t have the constitution to listen to more poetry about how everything will be rainbows and lollypops – ambiguously achieved. Politically this announcement will be interesting – assuming the report is correct. 40k troops is going to wrinkle and pucker-up Obama’s base. Code pink is already starting wars.
Kevin –
Indeed. Assuming Obama does discus dates – which I would not be surprised by in the least – that alone could totally destroy a well thought out and clear strategy.
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