Inside the Taliban
One of the many points made about Obama’s July 2011 troop withdrawal date is that this gives the Taliban a timeline for how long they have to outlast us. All the Taliban has to do is hunker down and not give up until then. One July 2011 rolls around, they’ve won.
Is Obama underestimating the Taliban in this decision? Supposedly, he’s saying the withdrawal deadline isn’t concrete and conditions on the ground will dictate when we leave. Hopefully, this is true. Because, as the video below shows, the enemy we are facing is skilled, intelligent, organized, ruthless, and bloodthirsty.
According to this video, the Taliban has become strong enough that their fighters can openly patrol in certain areas of Afghanistan. Certain places are Taliban strongholds, where they are the ones who rule. They’re growing more confident. And if they know all they have to do is hold out until July of 2011, then what reason do they have to lose confidence now?
Against the enemy we’re seeing above, there’s no way we can win by July 2011. Obama needs to give our troops the time they need to accomplish the victory we can achieve. No matter how well organized they are, or how cunning or skilled they may be, we have the power and might to defeat them. But we need a Commander in Chief who will give them the time and the resources to beat them, and not handcuff them.
It isn’t a matter of whether or not our military is capable of defeating the Taliban. It’s a matter of whether or not Obama will let them.
Hat Tip: Reader Jan C., Marine Corps wife who saw a Marine friend injured in the assault in the video above.
Cross-posted from Cassy’s blog. Stop by for more original commentary, or follow her on Twitter!
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Posted by Cassy Fiano on December 3, 2009 7:33 pm
» Filed Under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Islamicfascism, Middle East, News, President, Taliban, Video, War On Terror, military, terrorism
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why were our troops left unsapported, why dont they have air cover, how come we didnt spray the area with naepom?… this army should come home and punish congress for the cowards our politician are….God bless our troops and kill the enemy.
Charlie looks like he’s trying out to be this generation’s Walter Cronkite…”the war is awful, we’re losing, the enemy is too tough, there’s no way we can win”
*spit*
Way to go, Commander-in-Chief! Announce your battle plan to the enemy right up front.
“OK, Bad Guys, we’re all gonna be gone in 2011, so if you’ll all just give up and go home now, nobody’s gonna get hurt.”
If the Taliban is fool enough to hunker down then so be it. All we have to do it reinforce our defenses and drive them out of the areas they are holding. If they hunker down then it works to our advantage.
We trained a whole lot of American troops in a brief time in World War I. We were perhaps not well trained but we were enthusiastic. It cause a lot of casualties on our side but we won the war. The Afghan soldiers can do the same.