Finally Troop Decision On Afghanistan!

29 November 2009

Finally there is some good news regarding the Afghanistan decision that Obama has been taking his sweet time making. It appears that on Tuesday the President will announce the call for troop increase that McChrystal requested, or at lease the majority of it.
Gen. McChrystal had requested 40,000 additional troops some months ago and it has been suggested that Obama will call for a surge of 30,000-35,000, starting with 9,000 Marines to be added to the 10,000 already in the Helmand Province, the area where the Taliban is most active due to the poppy seed crops.

It is my hope that the deployment of the additional Marines has been already put in motion, so that their augmentation of the existing force may be accomplished in short order.
The remainder of the troop increase, speculations are made, will be accomplished on a time table that has not been defined as of yet.
Again it is my hope that the time-table will be a short one, as I believe that the best possible course of action is to surge quickly as the enemy hibernates for the winter and is not expecting an offensive. This is also the opinion of Arizona senator Jon Kyl.

I do, though, have some deep issues with this whole thing.
As I wrote earlier, the dragging of feet done by the Administration still remains a major point of dissatisfaction for me, but at least it appears that finally a decision will be made.
Another point of contention for me is the arrogance that Obama is showing, arrogance that was enunciated by the Indiana Democrat Senator Evan Bayh on Fox News Sunday. According to the senator, Obama is putting the trust in Sec. of Defense Robert Gates. According to Bayh, Obama and Gates are showing some deference to McChrystal and the other field commanders, but that the general’s was only a recommendation and not the Ten Commandments.
So let me see if I get this right. The field commanders request 40,000 troops, Obama calls for about 35,000 to make sure that he sends the message to McChrystal that he, the One, is in charge, as if Obama wants to thumb his nose to the general by shortening the surge by two brigades or so. Again according to Bayh, the difference in numbers will be made up by NATO troops (I believe it when I see it!)

And incredibly enough, Liberal traitors like Sen. Carl Levin D-Mich, Rep. David Obey D-Mich and Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt, are discussing the funding of the war. This really blows my mind!
With all the pork spending and waste of taxpayers’ money this Congress and Administration have been doing for the last year, with all the debt the corrupted politicians have dumped on the American working people, these corrupted politicians are complaining about providing our Military what is necessary to succeed in Afghanistan. The Liberals in Congress are so hungry for taxation that they are suggesting a war tax to fund the war. They call for the “rich” to be burdened with additional taxes to pay for our men and women in uniform, while literally stealing the hard earned money of the average American.

And who are the “rich” they are targeting? Considering the current state of unemployment, the massive entitlements, the health care reform disaster looming, it appears that who is left in the “rich” category is any American with a job.

Still I am a little more confident that our Military will actually receive the additional reinforcements that they need. I am a little more confident that Obama is not leaving our men and women in harm’s way out to dry in the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan. My only hope, at this time, is that the surge will be quick and determined, so that we can catch the enemy off guard and really make a positive step toward a victorious solution of the conflict.

Yes Mr. President, I realize that the word “victory” is uncomfortable for you when it comes to our Military, but this Marine father wants our country, our deployed loved ones to be victorious.
Call me extremist!

And these are my thoughts!
Frank “Semperpapa”