57 days and counting – The troops continue to wait on the president
October 26th, 2009 . by Tony
The troops in Afghanistan have tried to call in reinforcements but the White House isn't answering. (AP Photo)
On August 30th General Stanley McChrystal, commander of our forces in Afghanistan submitted his request for additional troops. Here we are now 57 days later, casualties continue to mount and President Barack Obama is taking his time rendering a decision.
As we have said before: Mr. President, give the troops what they need or bring them home!
Not since Franklin Roosevelt has there been a Democratic president that handled military affairs with any sort of competence. The current president appears to be continuing that trend. This is a complete and utter failure of leadership on the president’s part and it is our brothers, sisters, sons and daughters that are paying the price.
