President Barack Obama: Tell The Truth About The Afghanistan Surge And Shame The Devil

Friday, December 4th, 2009 @ 11:44 am | We Think

We watched the speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the Military Academy at West Point in West Point, New York. We were very disappointed.

We were among the thousands who wrote to the president asking him not to commit more troops to the war in Afghanistan.

We are among the millions who know there is more to this story than meets the eye.

We heard Mr. Obama’s elegant and eloquent obfuscation of the facts. We heard him say the security of the United States is at risk.

Hmmm, that sounds to us like they have something in Afghanistan, like the Panama Canal, or the oil in Iraq, vital to our existence. It sounds like they have something we want. It sounds like the usual spin on the facts. Something belonging to another sovereign nation must be confiscated by our military in order to further the U.S. goal of world domination.

Tell the truth Mr. President. We implore you! The true reason for the surge in Afghanistan. Tell us the truth about the strategy to take what does not belong to us. Tell us the truth about minimizing the sovereignty of another nation. Didn’t we do this already in Iraq when our troops invaded in 2003?

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As we look back on that fateful night in November 2008 when Barack Obama won election we realize the surge in Afghanistan announced this week is not what we bargained for.

We did not elect Obama to give us more of the same. The language of President Barack Obama’s speech is the same as predecessor George W. Bush when he determined 30,000 troops, the same number as for Afghanistan, would be the number of troops needed for the 2007 surge in Iraq.

Many voters, young and old alike believed you would bring us change and hope for our future. We believed you when you said your administration would not conduct politics as usual.

The only change we can see is the color of the leader of the free world. Although you are considered to be an iconic leader of the nation, an icon for the planet, you are not living up to the expectations or the promises you made to all of us young and old who believed you…at least as regards the warring nature of our country.

President Obama is better than most American politicians. He’s told half truths and not complete lies.

We do not believe the military commitment to Afghanistan will be for 18 months. We believe it will be as you stated your opponents’ wish an engagement lasting for many years into the future.

The millions of lives that will be lost as a result of your devastating decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.

For years our expert military generals planned strategies to roust the Soviets from the same area. Karma dictates the former Soviets, now Russians, will pay back American generals for the terrible time given them when they were in Afghanistan for eight years. This could become even more of a boondoggle entanglement than Viet Nam.

We are extremely saddened to realize you are the same as your predecessors. You are not our man. You not a man of the people. You have proven yourself to be their man. You are one of them.

Given the choice between John McCain and Barack Obama perhaps we should have gone with good old Johnny and Sarah the Terror instead of Barry and Joey.