Let me get this straight: Obama, knowing that any surge in troops will take a year to complete, is supposed to rush this decision in order to look competent to those who oppose him? How do we know the situation will even be the same in a year? What if the troops were a waste in a year? Is it that urgent? What if they are not enough? Then it was a waste. I think Obama is unique in that he understands that an occupation of Afghanistan has been tried by two countries before us. Both have failed. Come to think of it, our occupation efforts have not often been incredibly successful.
After 9/11, Bush wasted no time hurling our troops into two countries to replace their leaders with ones we found "worthy". Look at the mess it has caused. Maybe Obama has learned a thing or two from this quagmire created by Bush.
Please, don't take this as another Obama apologist. I have my own criticisms of Obama (his way of dealing with Israel/Palestine, his way of handling Cap & Trade/Healthcare). I am simply educated and aware of how our past attempts to displace leaders to insert our own regimes has backfired every time in ways the "experts" somehow "never expected" (anybody now remembering Cheney telling us that the Iraqis would greet us as liberators, that it would be a quick and easy war?).
So, again, let Obama take his time. Get off his ass. If months have passed and no decision has been made or even discussed publicly, let the criticisms begin. Until then, conservatives, shut the hell up and let the guy think.
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