President Obama’s advisers responsible for crafting a new strategy in Afghanistan were deeply divided and displayed a distrust for one another that bordered on personal resentment, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.
“Obama’s Wars” depicts the current administration’s efforts crafting the way forward in Afghanistan, but also the turmoil in Obama’s inner sanctum. Gen. David Petraeus described White House senior adviser David Axelrod as a “complete spin doctor;” Vice President Biden called veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke “the most egotistical bastard I’ve ever met.”
The Washington Post and The New York Times reported Tuesday night on excerpts of the book that had been released ahead of its publication, scheduled for next week.
According to the Post, Obama spent the bulk of the exhaustive strategy sessions pressing for an exit strategy and resisting efforts to prolong and escalate the war.
“I’m not doing long-term nation-building. I am not spending a trillion dollars,” he reportedly told Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in October 2009.
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The only thing Obama has done with this strategy is get more of our people killed, their hands are tied!
It ain't about the dollar cost but is about victory over i'slamic global terrorism; or, our defeat at the Sharia luvin i'slamics hand. Evidently the CinC don't feel like me and millions of other U.S. citizens. WHY?
Bi-Polar disorder has been scientifically proven to be directly related to not getting paid. Hamid Karzai is no exception. He did not receive his normal 5 million dollar cut for each of the past 2 months from his brother, Hamid. I would be depressed also. Solution: PAY THE MAN
Nikita Kruechev, pardon my spelling please, but you know who I am referring to. Said "We will bury you from the inside". Well, as Americans ,we are going to dig out and crush this foul smelling administration made up of obama,biden,clinton,pelosi, and many others to many to mention and then we will prosecute those responsible for Treason and put them to death as an example to the world that this nation will not be trifled with. Mark my words. And you can hold your breath because it is not far off.
Obama's Lack of Leadership Skills Is Obvious!
Obama's Mentality about how to conduct military strategy in Afgansistan is simply causing more American fatalities. Obama is putting our military in a no win situation with his inability to lead!
As a Vietnam Veteran I am absoutly Apauled at Gates and the Military Advisers.Everyone in this entire Administration needs tried for Treason The Military for Derilication of Duty. OBAMA needs charged with Murder for every Service Member that gets Killed in the Line of Duty The Rules of Engagement are totally insane. OBAMA and every Member of Congress should have to go to Afgahanastine with an M16
and decide if they want to shoot first or be shot at first. I still believe Vietnam would have a different outcome if Congress had kept out of it. Civilans do not know how to Conduct War. They do not even know how to Conduct the Affairs of Government. Evertone running for Office should have to take a Stupid Test. Almost everyone in our Nations Capitol would fail it at present day standards.
"if Congress had kept out of it. Civilans do not know how to Conduct War."
Under our Constitution, it's Congress that's supposed to declare war. One of our problems is that we let presidents–whether Bush or Obama–have too much power. And one of our nation's strengths is that, unlike some banana republics, we don't have military rulers–which is fortunate, considering how easy it is to get Americans behind (for the short term) stupid wars such as those in Vietnam and Iraq.
James I have no issues with a President declaring war in a emergency situation as long as Congress Ratifys that Declaration of War as soon as possible thereafter.
I adamently disagree with your replying to the conflicts in Vietnam & iraq as stupid. I can not speak for Iraq but most definitely i can about Vietnam. My father was A Chief Warrant Officer 5 & Huey Helicopter Pilot who served two tours in Vietnam with the First Air Calvery. His Brigade was involved in the reataking Hue during the Tet Offensive in January 1968. He witnessed first hand The Hue Masacre by the Vietnamese communist against their own people where they buried alive 4,000 Students, Professors, Drs., Government Officials & Their Families in a Mass Grave. In another episode at a Vietnamese Village where the U.S.A. was giving humanitarian aid by vacinating the little children my father flew into the village two days after the vacination of all the little children in the village only to find all of their little arms that were vacinated in one big pile. The Communist vietnamese had literally choped off their little arms. So do not even pretend to know what you are talking about when it comes to war & especially Vietnam.
Correction: referring to-retaking Hue-