Obama Gives Taliban Reason To Fight On
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 7:13PM Leave it to Obama and the Democrats to help our enemy. Just look what soon to be retired General James Conway had to say.
President Barack Obama’s July 2011 date to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has given a morale boost to Taliban insurgents, who believe they can wait out NATO forces, the top U.S. Marine said on Tuesday.
But General James Conway, who is retiring this fall as commandant of the Marine Corps, said he believed Marines would not be in a position to withdraw from the fight in southern Afghanistan for years.
Conway’s unusually blunt assessment is likely to fan criticism by opposition Republicans of Obama’s war strategy as public opinion of the nine-year-old war sours further. “In some ways, we think right now it is probably giving our enemy sustenance,” Conway said of the July 2011 deadline. “In fact we’ve intercepted communications that say, ‘Hey, you know, we only need to hold out for so long.’” …
Conway, quoting one of his own commanders, told reporters: “We can either lose fast or win slow.”
Conway echoed those sentiments, saying he believed Marines would remain in the south for years — a fact that would eventually dawn on Taliban insurgents and damage the “enemy psyche.”
C/T Weasel Zippers.
Reader Comments (2)
You know, if I didn't know better - and I don't - I'd say this guy is trying to jam it up our own backside. What an idiot.
1 reason why the guy with the military background needs to be elected over someone who couldn't organize his way out of a bathroom stall.