Ralph Peters: “Setting up our military to fail”
Ralph Peters: “Just plain nuts. That’s the only possible charaterization for last night’s presidential declaration of surrender in advance of a renewed campaign in Afghanistan.”
“Pres. Obama will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan — but he’ll ‘begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan in July of 2011.’ THEN WHY SEND THEM?”
“If you’re going to tell the Taliban to be patient because we’re leaving, what’s the point in upping the blood ante? For what wil come down to a single year by the time the troops hit the ground?”
“Does Obama really expect to achieve in one year what we haven’t been able to do in more than eight?”
“Adding to the confusion, Obama qualified his timeline by insisting that ‘we will execute this transition responsibly, taking into account conditions on the ground.’ “
“If conditions on the ground are key, why announce a pullout date?”
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“OUR PRESIDENT IS SETTING UP OUR MILITARY TO FAIL — BUT HE’LL BE ABLE TO CLAIM THAT HE GAVE THE GENERALS WHAT THEY WANTED. FAILURE WILL BE