Obama is full of it

Yeah but he spent 25 minutes talking to him after letting the Generals request for more troops sit on his desk for the past month. How much could he have possibly have done in those 25 minutes? He has spent more time preparing for this bid to the IOC then he has deciding how we are going to handle a war that we are in desperate need to fiqure out a better srategy in.

Your right, I do not have it at my disposal to be able to prove how much time Mr. Obama has spent trying to figure out the best course of action for us in Afganistan. However, from a public relations stand point. It cetainly seems to me that he has devoted more time to making appearences on T.V. campaigning for his proposed reforms and now this bid with the IOC, than he has dealing with a war where casualties on both sides are mounting.

Actually that statement was meant to imply not that he left it while he went to Denmark, but that he has had it for over a month now with no action taken to address the issues within it. Your right I have no way to show exactly how much of President Obama's time has been spent working each issue. However I don't believe it is impetuous of the Generals to call for more troops. General McChrystal has been in command of the Afghanistan operations since June now and it is my belief that he would know what the situation calls for the best. I agree with you that the solution for Afghanistan will require more than military might, however if we are losing control of the situation than more troops are necessary in order to not lose all the ground we have made so far.