Top Democrat: Withdrawing Troops Is Essential to Success… Huh?
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, October 1, 2010, 6:55 AM
Top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee Carl Levin (D_MI) spoke out yesterday about Barack Obama’s planned Afghanistan surrender withdrawal date. Levin said withdrawing troops was essential to success.
That’s nuts.
The Hill reported:
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee pressured President Obama on Friday to stick to his commitment to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July 2011.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the influential committee, urged Obama to be inflexible on the target date he’d set to begin troop reductions.
“The president is now under pressure from inside and outside the military to build flexibility into that July 2011 date,” Levin said in prepared remarks he’s set to deliver to the Council on Foreign Relations. “I want to tell you why I believe sticking to that date is essential to success, and why President Obama should not, and I believe will not, modify the July 2011 date.”
Levin, an opponent of the original surge of troops into Afghanistan that Obama ordered last fall, said that sticking to the date was critical to “strengthen Afghan resolve” to build its own internal military and policing systems to fend off Taliban-led insurgents once the U.S. leaves the country.
Levin also said that he’d become convinced Obama wouldn’t back down on his commitment to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan, after almost 10 years of military involvement in that country.
“I am convinced, after talking to President Obama and to administration officials, that the president will not waffle in his decision to begin reducing our force levels by July 2011,” he said. “I’m sure there will be lots of pressure to do so.”
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Erik commented:
It depends on what you define as “success”.
It’s pretty clear what result he thinks would be a success.
Stuart commented:
I suspect that before Obumbler is through we will consider the withdrawal to be a success if our troops are still intact and not cut off like the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad. Remember who has got our back, Pakistan. Oh yea, I really trust them.
Mark commented:
What more could a progressive like the Imam Obama ask for?
1) Sell out our allies: check.
2) Betray America: check.
3) Give aid and comfort to the enemy: check.
4) Free the slaves: check.
Can the EPA regulate treason or bulls**t?
MarkJ commented:
Sooo….let me get this straight: in Carl Levin’s world, the Democrats getting completely crushed in November will be “essential to the success” of the Obama Administration for its remaining two years.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Chris commented:
Um, yup. Makes sense.
Got cancer? In the midst of aggressive treatment that’s already whacked some of it and is showing promise to erradicate the rest of it? REALLY want to get that final boost for success?
Immediately stop all meds and cease all other courses of treatment. While you’re at it, share a friendly needle or two with the HIV-positive patient in the next room.
That should take care of all your problems.
Progressive Success at its very best.
No need to formally thank The One, just give him the login and PIN to your bank account.
You’re welcome.
Just_Saying commented:
I think we should remove all our combat troops around the world, bring them home, and prepare for a civil war.
We don’t need to be in Afghanistan forever to get the bad guys. We need an active and sharp special ops.
Bring our soldiers home! Now!!
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Formerly known as Skeptic commented:
Riiiight…Because the Afghans, who supposedly hate having foreign forces in their country, have NO incentive to protect themselves from the terrorists in their midst unless we take away the protection we are supplying and leave them to the wolves.
What is the more likely result: 1) They recognize that they are not ready and by making additional effort manage to step up as the U.S. pulls out, 2) They recognize they are not ready, try to improve, but fall apart under the assault that follows our departure resulting in a bloodbath and the resurgence of the Taliban, or 3) They recognize they are not ready and that there is no way they can be ready before the US pulls out, so they start making deals with the Terrorists to try to save themselves.
Unless they are absolutely sure they can pull off option 1, they have no choice but to embrace option 3 (not a good result for us) in order to avoid the likely result of option 2 (disaster for them and still not a good result for us.)
These are the choices we are INTENTIONALLY forcing upon them.
Wow commented:
Was there a fire sale on idiocy and all the Dems filed up to get their share?
squeaky commented:
“I want to tell you why I believe sticking to that date is essential to success, and why President Obama should not, and I believe will not, modify the July 2011 date.”
carl’s version of success isn’t exactly ours. like everything else under this adm you have to make them qualify the term success, change, etc cuz’ they’re not heading in the same direction as you. much like chris dodd’s version of peace to the people of cambodia…..they will tell you that they’re doing this in your name making you co-conspirators to their crimes……
http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2010/09/04/opinion/505030.txt#
bitterclinger commented:
Is anyone running against Carl Levin or his brother, Sandy?
squeaky commented:
another democrat success story. i remember thinking how sad it was that while the u.n. celebrated the year of the child there weren’t any children under 5 alive in cambodia…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SI8RF6wDE
Marsh commented:
I’m doing everything in my power to not type out a long chain of expletives in all caps to descibe just how I feel about the left making us surrender to the islamofascist jihadists who mass murdered thousands of our innocent civilians. My burning hatred of the left cannot be put into words.
Stanley commented:
Gee, following the same logic, maybe the wise one’s will claim that if we march in backwards into Taliban territory will insure us another victory because the Taliban will think we are leaving. Please someone get these folks a doctor!
Kyle commented:
Tell Sen. Levin to withdraw the comb-over…the only way to encourage those lazy follicles on top of his head is to free them from the cover of the long hairs coming from below his temples.
Snarky? Yes, but an example of the same stupid thinking that passes for strategic analysis these days…
Wow commented:
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October 1st, 2010 | 1:03 pm | #10
Unfortunately he stood for reelection in 2008, which means he won’t be up again until 2012.
Oldpuppymax commented:
Didn’t say WHOSE success, did he!
Stephan commented:
It is okay to pull out the troops to keep them safe from the fallout..
squeaky commented:
[Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge. But these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. God has dishonored you when you withdrew, and it clearly showed your weaknesses and powerlessness. It was a pleasure for the heart of every Muslim and a remedy to the chests of faithful nations to see your defeat in these three Islamic cities of [Beirut, Aden and Mogadishu]. bin laden’s declaration of war from wiki. obama – the two steps backwards man.
Joanne commented:
Frankly, I would arm the good Afghanis – nice try figuring that one out – and leave them to kill the Taliban off themselves…..or arm the Afghan women, and leave them to kill whoever they want off.
Rick554 commented:
With a clown like Obama in charge and fools like Levin running the Senate, THIS ARMY dad says they cant be trusted with our security or the security of anyone else. hopefully these 2 goofballs will be stripped of any real authority they might have concerning the military as soon as possible!