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November 12, 2009

John Bolton blasts Obama's delay on Afghanistan (Video)

Topics: Political News and commentaries

As we learn that there is a substantial increase in the number of troops being wounded in Afghanistan, the news broke last night that Barack Obama had rejected all of the options presented to him on how to proceed in Afghanistan. Appropriately, John Bolton blasted Obama for failing to provide leadership on the issue and calls this a "slow motion train wreck" that illustrates the fact that Barack Obama has failed to exercise any control over the debate in the War Room. (H/t - Ed Morrissey):

Ed Morrissey suggests that the big problem here isn't a show of vacillation or even of weak leadership, although those are secondary problems.

The real damage has come from an unmistakable display of incompetence and lack of preparation. Tossing out all of the options derived over months of analysis at this late date underscores that conclusion. If the President couldn't get one good option from all of this time contemplating the Afghanistan navel, then Obama needs to replace his West Wing team with people who are competent and informed.

While reasonable people would find little to disagree with in Ed's assessment of the problem, those same reasonable people surely can't help but believe that the basis of the "big problem here" is that the American people elected a weak-kneed, poorly prepared and poorly qualified, anti-American president and that our troops and the security of our nation are in jeapordy because of it.

Posted by Abdul at November 12, 2009 11:17 AM

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