Sunday, December 6, 2009

Obama on Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal: Whoops, I Made a Mistake

After announcing troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July 2011 at West Point last week, Obama is tacitly acknowledging the idiocy of informing both friend and foe of his predetermined exit strategy. On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Obama had Defense Secretary Robert Gates attempt damage control by stating that in July 2011 100,000 American troops would still be in Afghanistan, and:

“some handful, or some small number, or whatever the conditions permit, will begin to withdraw at that time.”

Or, translation of this doublespeak:

"When Obama told you about July 2011 withdrawal, he had his fingers crossed."

Afghanistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world, and more than 11 million Afghans (total population of almost 30 million) over the age of 15 cannot read or write. If Obama is hoping that Afghans haven't read any of this, I have news for him: Afghans may be illiterate, but they're not stupid when it comes to picking sides and choosing life or death.

2 comments:

  1. You are correct, educated young Afghans see the writing on the wall of a national conscription, and are fleeing for Pakistan and Dubai ahead of the draft, which will leave ANA/ANP as gangs of illiterate thugs in service to the narcomafia in Kabul, America's Turkic Velez of Colombia. Or is that being anti-Hispanic?

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  2. After taking all this time to figure out what to do, it looks as if it really was not all that well thought out.

    I believe that the July 2011 date is a political date and that President Obama will stick to withdrawal so that he can say that he ended BOTH the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before the election cycle in 2012.

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