Originally Posted by
LawDog
....... Afghanistan will further deteriorate, and go to hell in a handbasket, and obama will go down in history as the President who lost that war....
Could be that Gen. David Petraeus does what BO wants and gets the war wound down next year and begins the long pull out while the Afgans start pulling more of their weight in the fight. and then LD will have to wait until 2016 to vote someone other into office. Maybe even Gen. David Petraeus after this tour is over.
Seems the Afgans are happy at the choice. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100623/...as_afghanistan
Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus
Afghan officials expressed relief Wednesday at the choice of Gen. David Petraeus to replace Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. and NATO commander, believing the U.S. strategy aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and bolstering the Afghan government would continue.
Afghans had warned that the dismissal of McChrystal would disrupt progress in the war and jeopardize a pivotal security operation under way in Taliban strongholds in the south.
After President Barack Obama announced the selection of Petraeus, Afghan authorities said they were relieved because the veteran war commander helped craft the counterinsurgency strategy being implemented in Afghanistan.
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