Sunday, October 18, 2009
Will President Obama make the right choice?
It is beginning to look like he is headed that way with the latest announcement from the White House.
President Barack Obama will not commit more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until he is convinced that the central government can be a credible and effective U.S. partner, a senior White House aide said Sunday."Making a silk purse from a sow's ear" and "Getting blood from a stone" come to mind as events that will occur before "he is convinced that the central government can be a credible and effective U.S. partner" unless he sets the bar below ground level.
But it was unclear whether Obama intends to accept the recommendation by the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, for thousands more American troops and other resources in the 8-year-struggle to stabilize Afghanistan.
The central question before Obama, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said, is ''not how much troops you have, but whether in fact there's an Afghan partner.''
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