Once again Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is telling the American people how we are failing in Afghanistan. The Los Angeles Times reports that Gates said he believes NATO forces currently deployed in the southern part of that country do not know how to combat a guerrilla insurgency.
While at the same time, many NATO officials blame inadequate U.S. troop numbers earlier in the war in part for a Taliban resurgence. Does that sound familiar and reminiscent of our track record in Iraq, where we used too little troops in a completely unnecessary invasion? Afghanistan was where our enemies were. We should have been fighting there instead of worrying bout Iraq. So now Gates decides to send an additional 3200 Marines to continue this 6 year old war.
Gates went to Scotland last month and met with NATO leaders to try and convince them to send more NATO troops, but said no one at the table stood up and agreed. The incompetence of this administration and Mr. Gates in trying to bully other nations is historic. The U.S. under Mr. Bush has lost all creditability in fighting this war on terror. Other nations hear that we call this the War on Terror, but they see that the U.S. practically abandoned Afghanistan, where bin-Laden and al-Qaeda were, and focused on Iraq, who was no threat to the U.S.
Iraq seems to have been pushed to the back burner because of the Presidential primaries, that's the way the people in this administration would like it to be. Get it out of the news. I truly hope the American people never forget the tragic loss of life among our men and women in uniform because of the reckless behavior of Mr. Bush and his surrogates. Never again should the people accept such incompetence and reckless behavior in our President. Our troops and our country deserve better.
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