McChrystal is Out

Now this is what I call bittersweet. A general appointed by a liberal (supposed to be) President, who was mired in a cover up controversy over friendly fire in a war that's un winnable. Don't think so. Look at history, Alexander the Great could not hold occupation as far back as 330 B.C. Genghis Khan around 1200 had the whole Asian continent from China to the Mediterranean but the one country he could not conquer was Afghanistan. In the 1800s Great Britain tried three times to occupy but was ultimately thrown out in 1919. In the 1980s the second largest superpower in the world tried unsuccessfully to bring Afghanistan into the Soviet Union and after more than ten years withdrew, do to heavy casualties and the fact that they were going broke because of their invasion. Obama a smart elitist you say, guess he hasn't taken any classes in history. And yes this country is going broke partly because of two baseless wars that have to be funded. Unfortunately as Obama was accepting McChrystals resignation he was appointing General Patreus to head up the war in Afghanistan and made it clear that this was a change in leadership, not a change in policy. All you right wingers that constantly tell me that you don't want your tax dollars going for abortions, well guess what, I don't want my tax dollars going towards war. On the other hand, all you right wingers that blast Obama, you should be happy with his war effort as he is picking up right where Bush left off. Illegal wire taps, kidnapping anyone suspected of terrorism and taking them to Baghram as Guantanomo is to controversial, (to close to our border) Predator drone attacks in Pakistan. There is no defined purpose of this war. Even McChrystal has said that there is fewer than one hundred Al Quaida left in Afghanistan. Someone please define victory here for me. Our drones in the last month have killed two pregnant women in Pakistan just over the border. Doesn't that qualify as an abortion? Why aren't you pro lifers screaming about that? That's right you pro lifers are only pro life when it comes to a fetus, not wars or the death penalty. I think you need to change your name to Pro Life but only on your terms. Getting back to the McChrystal deal. The pundits are all ready blasting Obama for asking for his resignation, but the fact is McChrystal violated Section 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Not to mention the fact that to the rest of the world including the Russians, that if he didn't resign it would look like the military is running this country and the President is just a figure head with no power. That goes against how our Constitution was set up. It's time for Obama to rethink Afghanistan and pull out. The money we spend there is crazy. We pay bribes to Afghan tribes to not shoot at our troops and they take that money and buy weapons to shoot at us anyways. All courtesy of our tax dollars. They have no infrastructure at all. They have no basics once you get away from Kabul. No paved roads, no electric, no phones and now water or sewage. Bush said we invaded Afghanistan because that is where 911 was planned. According to the 911 commission it was planned in Germany and the hijackers trained in the United States. And the video of the trainees jumping out of the dirt and swinging on monkey bars, well lets just say we should shut down every kids park in this country then.