The headline in today‘s Post, previewing Obama’s speech tonight:
Obama’s Challenge: Leaving, but Not Too Quickly
Funny how it’s not the other way around–leaving too slowly would seem to be a larger political problem, given the state of public opinion.
The Post reports:
President Obama will face a stiff political challenge Wednesday in presenting his plan for a gradual end to the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. His prime-time address must remind a skeptical electorate and a concerned Congress that the country’s longest war remains worth fighting–and funding–for several more years.
Why is it that Obama must “remind” the public that the war is worth fighting–and not convince? You can’t really remind people of something they disagree with.
I cant say if it is right or wrong to leave now.I don’t have the intel.I do know there may never be a better time.We have achieved our mission and armed and trained an Afghan army.Past that we are simply pushing the geopolitical theory of forward bases in hostile regions.