Afghanistan

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/10/620000438/1

I keep seeing this come up in the news. First question in my mind is why is this an Obama level decision? I know he is the commander in chief, but moving troops around should be handled at a lower level. It’s not smart for him to be involved at this level. He gets all the blame if they loose and none of the credit if they win.


As a citizen I expect our president to give the military their mission and leave it to the military to decide how to do it. He should also decide on priorities of missions. When I was in the military our squad leader might define a limit of advance. When you reached that point you would find cover and reload your weapons. On a much broader scale I expect the president to define an end point to missions given.

I don’t expect the president to understand military tactics /strategy. He has people who have been very well trained in that area. He should trust them. They understand that sending more troops does not mean sending more people to get shot at. Sending more troops means sending more people to shoot back. That’s the way I see it.