Obama Getting No Respect From Military

Apparently, General Stanley McChrystal, the general in charge in Afghanistan, is offering his resignation to President Obama after being called back to Washington because of an article in Rolling Stone magazine, where the general and his staff offered none to favorable quotes about the civilians they are dealing within the Obama administration.

The fact is, the military feels hamstrung by this ridiculous troop withdrawal deadline put in place when Obama decided to send another 30,000 trips to Afghanistan. Telling the enemy when you plan on leaving before you even start the next fight does not make for good military strategy, or political strategy with your allies.

Obama had said in his presidential campaign that this was the war we should have been fighting all along instead of in Iraq. However, when it came time to make a decision on strategy due to increasing failure in Afghanistan, Obama catered to his base, and set the deadline, since he knew he was going to piss them off with a troop surge. So, in other words, he made a half-ass commitment to the troops, and that simply doesn't sit well with them.

I am not sure we can win there. While I feel like we should stay, for humanitarian reasons, then we need to make a stronger commitment over there. Otherwise, we need to just get out, and focus on protecting our borders and keeping an eye on the bad guys from afar.