How can Obama be taking so long to decide on Afghanistan???

[KansasVoter]

It's like he is trying to gather all possible information before he decides.

And he seems to be so indecisive that he is asking a bunch of experts to give him their opinions also.

And then he is like analyzing and thinking about all the information before he makes a decision.

I guess he has not paid attention the last eight year and saw how quick Bush made rash uneducated decisions.

[RBInMaine]

1. Even George Will said Bush should have "dithered." Nice to have a little "dithering" for a change.

[curlyred]

3. I believe that if you re-read the post, the sarcasm

will become evident. :)

[RBInMaine]

4. Yup. Sorry. I'll adjust mine. I guess I better not rush. ha ha.

[timeforpeace]

18. Because the troops in harm's way over there told him to take his time.

[timzi]

2. What Is The Rush?????

I agree.....

[Kind of Blue]

5. Jeez, I don't know what his problem is

I wish he'd keep up :sarcasm:

KnR

[Pirate Smile]

6. It is like he is trying to define our exact objective and then come up with a strategy to meet it

with the resources we have available!!!

That's insane.

What has happened to America!!! We don't do things that way.

Once again, the villagers must tell Barack Obama - "YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!"

He is supposed to make a decision to make him look good short term - "look decisive, help your poll number". But nooooooo. The crazy man wants to actually develop a workable strategy with achievable goals based on the actual national interests of the County.

OMG - Once again, he's doing it wrong. :crazy: This has to be good for John McCain.

[KansasVoter]

12. I agree. Weird! Where is the GUT decisions we had for 8 years!

[Clio the Leo]

7. lol but he's giving me an ulcer in the process. NT

[Thothmes]

8. In the mean time

fifty to sixty coffins containing the bodies of American service personnel arrive at Dover monthly. Guess he can take as much time as is needed to make decisions.

[treestar]

9. Bush used his "gut" you know how repukes love that

Because it means you don't have to do any work.

[NYC_SKP]

10. Maybe God isn't talking to him the way he was to BushCo. nt

[KansasVoter]

11. LOL

[msongs]

13. lol choosing between more war and LOTS more war is a tough job nt

[elocs]

14. I believe after all the waiting to decide his decision will ultimately not surprise anyone. n/t

[Hestia]

15. Rollingstone: Obama vs the Generals

The Generals' Revolt
As Obama rethinks America's failed strategy in Afghanistan, he faces two insurgencies: the Taliban and the Pentagon
ROBERT DREYFUSSPosted Oct 28, 2009 1:51 PM

In early October, as President Obama huddled with top administration officials in the White House situation room to rethink America's failing strategy in Afghanistan, the Pentagon and top military brass were trying to make the president an offer he couldn't refuse. They wanted the president to escalate the war — go all in by committing 40,000 more troops and another trillion dollars to a Vietnam-like quagmire — or face a full-scale mutiny by his generals.

Obama knew that if he rebuffed the military's pressure, several senior officers — including Gen. David Petraeus, the ambitious head of U.S. Central Command, who is rumored to be eyeing a presidential bid of his own in 2012 — could break ranks and join forces with hawks in the Republican Party. GOP leaders and conservative media outlets wasted no time in warning Obama that if he refused to back the troop escalation being demanded by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander overseeing the eight-year-old war, he'd be putting U.S. soldiers' lives at risk and inviting Al Qaeda to launch new assaults on the homeland. president, it seems, is battling two insurgencies: one in Afghanistan and one cooked up by his own generals.

"I don't understand why the military is putting so much pressure on the White House now over Afghanistan," says a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan. "Unless it has something to do with the presidential ambitions of a certain Centcom commander."

The military's campaign to force Obama's hand started in earnest in September, when the Commander's Initial Assessment of the war — a highly classified report prepared by McChrystal — was leaked to The Washington Post. According to insiders, the leak was coordinated by someone close to Petraeus, McChrystal's boss and ally. Speculation has centered on Gen. Jack Keane, a retired Army vice chief of staff and Petraeus confidant, who helped convince George W. Bush to get behind the "surge" in Iraq. In the report, McChrystal paints a dire picture of the American effort in Afghanistan, concluding that a massive increase in troop levels is the only way to prevent a humiliating failure

more at link: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/30493567/the_generals_revolt

[mkultra]

16. yes, again, WE WONT A DECSISION NOW!@

[GeorgeGist]

17. Good question.

Sloppy answers.

[bemildred]

19. He's stalling. That is good.

It's like dealing with a used-car salesman, the longer you stall and refuse to commit, the better deal you get in the end.

[Phx_Dem]

20. Yeah, what's up with that?

We don't need no thinking. :think:

Just pick a side and go with it. Bushstyle.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

21. This is how a smart President makes decisions- its called ANALYSIS...

something we have not seen for the last 8 years!!!