Afghanistan Forever and Ever

Watching Obama's speech on Afghanistan yesterday gave one a strong sense of deja vu. Hearing that we must give the Afghans time to get their feet under them or else any gains we have made would be lost.

What a terrible untruth. Gains. In Afghanistan. I do not know what movie the President is watching.

So now we are told we have made a commitment to a United States presence until 2024. This from a President who said he would get us out of Afghanistan. Someone clearly has messed up our foreign policy as I am quite sure there is no oil in Afghanistan.

Maybe what has been said in the past is true. Only a Republican can end the United States participation in armed conflicts. Democrats forever scarred by Vietnam cannot bare to be accused of being soft on anything therefore they cannot pull the plug. Republicans have the ability to do so as being the party more thought of as defense and foreign policy oriented there will be muted protest from their own party for any Republican that ends a conflict such as Vietnam, Korea, and perhaps Afghanistan.

Certainly this President has no intention of getting out of Afghanistan. Stunningly Stupid.