WSJ/OPINION JOURNAL, 12/2/2009 by Karl Rove - If the president keeps his nerve, he'll get the country's support. President Barack Obama's speech on Tuesday night deserves to be cheered. Over the objections of his vice president and despite opposition from his political base, the president is sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorists.
But praise for Mr. Obama's decision needs to be qualified. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, had said he could use as many as 40,000 troops, a figure he arrived at after carefully evaluating what would be needed to accomplish the mission Mr. Obama assigned him in June. Read more at Opinion Journal...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Rove: Obama Can Win in Afghanistan
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This would be a great plan if it works.
Sending more troops in scares a lot of ppl, but if done right, it will work.
I can’t help but reflect upon words of wisdom I’ve read recently in “Words for Warriors,” by a Military legend, Col. Ralph Puckett.
Quoted by – Ralph Puckett
“I would like for the lives of our Soldiers be saved because their leaders have learned from my book. Nothing would please me more than for some leaders to tell me that their units were more combat effective – that the lives of Soldiers were saved – because of what the leaders learned from the book. I have had Ranger leaders tell me that they learned from the comments I made after observing the training – I had a Command Sergeant Major tell me as I greeted him upon his return from Iraq that implementing one of my recommendations had saved the lives of some of his Rangers. There can be no greater praise than that.”
May our Military Leaders lead our Troops home safely.
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