Here is a New York Times story about the war in Afghanistan. Key paragraphs:
He [President Obama] added, “We have a clear and focused goal to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future.”
But President Obama promised neither to write a “blank check” nor to “blindly stay the course” if his risky new strategy, which includes the addition of 4,000 troops in a training role and several benchmarks for judging progress, does not achieve its ambitious goals. He had already ordered 17,000 combat troops to Afghanistan soon after taking office.
Our "commander in chief" is encouraging the enemy to fight harder. Imagine Abraham Lincoln talking like this.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 