An Insufficiency Of Troops

When he was campaigning for President Mr. Obama thought that bombing people was bad.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Asked whether he would move U.S. troops out of Iraq to better fight terrorism elsewhere, he brought up Afghanistan and said, “We’ve got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there.”

Evidently he has changed his mind.

Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:11 pm ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Suspected U.S. missiles killed 18 people on the Pakistan side of the Afghan border Friday, security officials said, the first attacks on the al-Qaida stronghold since President Barack Obama took office. At least five foreign militants were among those killed in the strikes by unmanned aircraft in two parts of the frontier region, an intelligence official said without naming them. There was no information on the identities of the others.
Pakistan’s leaders had expressed hope Obama might halt the strikes, but few observers expected he would end a tactic that U.S. officials say has killed several top al-Qaida operatives and is denying the terrorist network a long-held safe haven.

Good to see Mr. Obama decisively putting into action the policies that he really believes in. Those of George Bush.
Happy days are here again. I wonder if he has any plans to bomb Iran after Pakistan?


H/T Pal2Pal
Cross Posted at Power and Control


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4 responses to “An Insufficiency Of Troops”

  1. dr kill Avatar
    dr kill

    Yes

  2. M. Simon Avatar

    dr kill,
    I approve of Mr. Obama’s current policies. What I wanted to point out is that the man is a total liar.

  3. Penny Avatar
    Penny

    Exactly, dr. kill.
    This new leader…not so much different than our last leader.
    Interesting that partisan voters tune in every four years for their “mind f*ck”. Followed of course by a damn good reaming.
    The majority even seem to LIKE it!
    Go figure?

  4. Gringo Avatar
    Gringo

    Good song, but when we do get down to bombing Iran, the advanced missile defense that Russia has just sold Iran will make it more difficult.
    ‘Twere it done, ’twere better…