Well it didn’t take long for MoveOn.org to begin their push for a withdrawal from Afghanistan. They sent an e mail out today to 5 million contacts urging them to contact their representatives to end the war. The protests will be next. After their slander of General Petraeus in 2007, they should have known better, but being far to the Left it never really mattered anyway. It is a reflexive action on their part, what used to be called knee jerk liberalism.
At the same time, Foreign Policy Magazine today reported that Congressman Howard McKeon, the ranking Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee reported that he was told by Defense Secretary Gates in July that the President ordered that Generals Petraeus and McChrystal to “scrub” their reports, as he was disinclined to send more troops. With his recent statements and seeming desire to ignore the urgent requests of his field commanders, I think we already have the President’s answer to that urgent request. In the U.K. one of the top Generals recently resigned in disgust at the government’s prosecution of the war. While there is a will to win at home, there is no will to win at the top.
Osama Bin Laden only today threatened the German government, and the one thing we know is that many European governments have caved in to Al Quaeda threats. Spain after the Madrid bombings is one example. The Taliban can smell victory. This is another reason they are on the warpath. If they can kill enough foreigners they know the West will falter in their commitment. Which is why now is the time to hit them even harder. Let them get a little more confident and show themselves a bit more, and then mow them down. Give them a false sense of security.
5 American soldiers died today in Afghanistan. It is to be expected when we push back against the enemy, unfortunately. The Taliban and Al Quaeda are being squeezed hard in Pakistan and Afghanistan and our kill ratio is over 50:1. But at the same time it is obvious they are receiving more foreign aid. Someone has to be paying the $150/week which is the going rate for a Taliban soldier these days, and someone has to be paying for the IED’s. We know the Iranians are involved and that Afghanistan supplies 70% of the world’s heroin. As the IRS did with Al Capone, we have to go after the money
The problem is that I doubt our president has the intestinal fortitude to do so. Despite his assertions that Afghanistan was the just war in last year’s elections, we are finding with this man that America is always wrong. America is the aggressor. His apologies are offending even our allies. MoveOn was emboldened in the same way as the Taliban. Joe Biden and Rahm Emmanuel have both cast doubts on our strategy, and the Left sees their opening. You see, when dealing with vicious animals, you have to expect them to be true to their nature.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog called “Why We Fight”. These people don’t care. They never did. Everything is America’s fault. They are American, but they are reflexively anti-American. This was the lesson from the 1960’s. It is the same today. There is a segment of our society who will tear us down just as that same mentality exists overseas. They are not our friends. They are not our allies. They never will be. And if our nation is to survive, we cannot stay silent and must act in the country’s best interest.
If we leave Afghanistan any time soon, it will be a disaster. The enemy will tear our troops apart despite our advantages. They will tear our country apart, as is now happening. We are in an existential battle for the future of our country if you haven’t noticed. So if you give a damn, get involved. Otherwise, be prepared to accept the consequences.
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