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A SURGELET?

By Charlie Sykes

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Does that make Obama, Bush Lite????

George Will doesn't think The One's Afghanistan policy will end well.

Obama has not made a convincing case for his tentative surgelet.

George Orwell said the quickest way to end a war is to lose it. But Obama's half-hearted embrace of a half-baked nonstrategy -- briefly feinting toward the Taliban (or al-Qaeda, or a "syndicate of terror") while lunging for the exit ramp -- makes a protracted loss probable.

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  1. WA Dan - Dec 03, 2009 8:06 AM

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    As usual when one tries to please everyone they end up pleasing no one. That is what happened to Obama here. He tried to please the left by sending fewer troops in and tried to please centrists (note not the right) by sending some troops in. In the end it won't be enough troops to finish the job so really Obama has just put more troops in harms way needlessly. Either sending in the 40,000 - 60,000 requested or bringing them all home would have been wiser decisions.

  2. ijeff - Dec 03, 2009 8:32 AM

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    Its as if Obama has found a "strategy" to enlist the support of both Republicans and Democrats, but ultimately not a strategy for success. Its the exact opposite of when Bush implemented the Iraq surge strategy. It was a strategy for success and it did unequivacably work, but was not greeted with any sort of broad based political support.

  3. MADDOG - Dec 03, 2009 8:43 AM

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    I think our real war is with the politicians. And they soooooo desperately need to be beaten down with extreme prejudice.

  4. Paladin - Dec 03, 2009 8:52 AM

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    This is modeled after Clinton's missile strike after the embassy bombings-whimpy little man again!

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