Profiles in Courage

First, Obama's record in the Illinois Senate was distinguished by his myriad votes of "Present". Now, he sits on a request from Gen. McCrystal for 40,000 troops to reinforce the military already in Afghanistan and, according to that Obama-appointed expert, in danger of imminently losing: not deciding yea or nay but dithering for 60 days and counting. Today, realizing that his chosen candidate for Virginia Governor, Democrat Creigh Deeds, is far behind the Republican, Obama's White House is excoriating Deeds for not having listened to Obamaian counsel "in time" i.e. the WH is bailing on a losing campaign and distancing from a losing candidate. Then we have Obama reneging on the defensive missile agreement with Poland and The Czech Republic in order to knuckle under to Russian demands for which he got...nothing.
Makes Americans comfortable to have this guy as President.//
Playing politics while American troops need reinforcement
Karl Rove thinks Obama's dithering on responding to Gen. McCrystal's request for 40K troops is political, fearing that his liberal base will rebel and screw up the elections in New Jersey and Virginia and scare Obama's Congressional supporters. Thus, he's waiting until after the elections to announce the sending of troops.
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