…it’s frightening how similar the mess in Afghanistan is starting to look when compared to the mess in Vietnam. And the blame for it falls squarely on Barack Obama, who is so busy groveling at the feet of Karzai that he can’t even think about winning. And when he’s not groveling at Karzai’s feet, he’s sending Jay Carney out to blame President Bush for the violence that’s broken out in Afghanistan during the last seven days.
We have men losing their lives in Afghanistan, men being shot by Afghans who are upset because we burned religious materials in which detainees were writing “extremist messages or inscriptions” to one another. And instead of standing up to those doing the violence, Obama has been neutered by Karzai on the international stage.
Obama has chosen to use words instead of guns, and in a Vietnam redo, our troops are the ones who will pay the price if he doesn’t change course. It is time to quit talking–to let the aggressors know the next time they throw grenades at one of our bases or take a shot at one of our soldiers or even hurl stones, we will respond with a show of force that will leave their allies trembling with fear.
