{"id":17122,"date":"2013-01-11T19:37:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T00:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17122"},"modified":"2013-01-11T19:37:08","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T00:37:08","slug":"no-mr-president-america-did-not-fall-short-you-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17122","title":{"rendered":"No, Mr. President, America Did Not Fall Short–You Did"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Weekly Standard <\/a>posted a short article about some comments made by President Obama<\/a> regarding Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

“So, you know, I think that, have we achieved everything that some might have imagined us achieving in the best of scenarios? Probably not. You know, there’s a human enterprise, and you know, you fall short of the ideal,” said Obama.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This comment infuriates me. First of all, the President did not give the military the number of troops they asked for to do the job. Second of all, he withdrew troops before the actual fighting season. Third of all, he told the Taliban<\/a> exactly when he was planning to leave so that they could wait us out. Fourth, he established rules of engagement that made it very difficult for American soldiers to defend themselves, much less fight a war. Afghanistan was the victim of failed leadership from the Obama White House<\/a>. Unfortunately, we may watch Iraq fall victim to the same problem.<\/p>\n

Strong leadership would bring us much closer to the ‘ideal.’ Voting ‘present’ will not accomplish anything.<\/p>\n

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