A New Direction in Afghanistan

As I read the news this morning I see that we have lost another three brave military members. I believe that brings the total to seven so far this month, and we are only three days into October. What is taking the Obama administration so long to decide on whether or not to send more troops to support the mission? The Commander that Obama put in charge of the “good” war in Afghanistan has requested more troops, how long will it take to come up with a decision? I noticed the President had time to go to Copenhagen, Denmark this week to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics, being the first sitting president of the US to ever do such a thing. We loose more young people to the streets of Chicago every year than we have in the war in Afghanistan, maybe it time we take a page from the Democrats own playbook and pull out of Chicago. We would not hold the Olympics in a country that is in the middle of war, so why were people so disappointed in Chicago when they did not get selected for the Olympics.
What else could be slowing down the Presidents decision on the troop increase, maybe the fact that he went to the UN and sat on the Security Board, another first for an American President? What did he accomplish at the UN on that historic first? He put in place the ground work for a new Nonproliferation Treaty. But what do these resolutions that the UN Security Council passes accomplish? How many resolutions have been passed by the UN Security Council only to be ignored, then in a stroke of brilliance the UN Security Council will write another resolution stating the same thing? How would that work with raising children, a parent tells there kid not to do something and the kid does it with no repercussion. The lack of accountability by the parent teaches the child that there are no consequences for their actions. When the society finally enforces its rules on that now grown child their first response is to blame somebody else for all of their problems. Think about it, how many times have you heard the excuse “It’s not my fault, I had bad parents growing up”, or “The bartender kept serving me drinks, it is their fault I got a DUI.” So if you pass a resolution that has no “teeth” as they say, what incentive does a country like North Korea or Iran have to abide by it?
Well hopefully president Obama has cleared his busy schedule now and he can get together with who ever is responsible for setting policy in Afghanistan and they can come up with a new plan or what ever it is they calling it get it implemented. I hope Obama does not play politics this very important issue and he listens to his Commanders and does what they ask. After all, that is why they are in charge right? They have been trained to lead the most loyal and well trained military there is, and every one of them has volunteered!!