Progressives: Comparing Obama's Afghanistan Strategies to LBJ's Viet Nam Tactcs

Matthew Rothschild
NewsNM note - Still steaming over the fact two years of anti-business socialism has killed all job creation inertia and caused President Obama to revert to pro-growth strategies, the progressives are ripping the White House over its War on Terror tactics in Afghanistan.
From Progressive - When President Obama spoke on Thursday about Afghanistan, it was like being in a Vietnam time warp. “This continues to be a very difficult endeavor. But I can report that thanks to the extraordinary service of our troops and civilians on the ground, we are on track to achieve our goals.” Flashback to November 1967, when President Johnson had ordered a Pentagon review.
Pentagon on 9-11-01
“The President took control of the campaign to dramatize progress to the American people but in ways that grossly exaggerated future military prospects,” writes Larry Berman in his book, Lyndon Johnson’s War: The Road to Stalemate in Vietnam. Johnson, November 17, 1967: “We are making progress. We are pleased with the results we are getting.” Obama, December 16, 2010: “We are making considerable gains toward our military objectives.” Even when Obama was discussing the “core goal” of those military objectives, he was muddled. He defined that goal not as defeating “every last threat to the security of Afghanistan” but as “disrupting, dismantling and defeating Al Qaeda.” Read full column here:


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