Obama’s Afghanistan Vision
On March 20, 2003, President George W. Bush invaded Iraq. On May 1, 2003, not even three months later, Bush declared that the job was done and the war had been won in his “mission accomplished” speech. As of today, December 2, 2009, we are still fighting the war in Iraq. As Wikipedia points out:
The vast majority of casualties, among both coalition (approximately 98% as of October 2008) and Iraqi combatants, and among Iraqi civilians, has occurred since the speech.
Last night President Barack Obama announced his plan to send more than 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. He also said that he would begin withdrawing those troops in July, 2011, after only eighteen months. He has gone one step further than George W. Bush. He’s announced when the mission will be accomplished before it has even started.
That’s no way to fight and win a war. But it is the way to sell another open-ended conflict to the American people.
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