~ Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
“President Obama has been aware of just exactly what was and is going on and at stake in Afghanistan for almost a year now. He has seen three separate assessments, Lute, Seidel and now McChrystal that say go big or go home.
Now we have 14 troops die in helicopter crashes and 8 more in IEDs in two days.He has shown no leadership and plenty of weakness to our enemies and our allies. More meetings and more coffee sipping isn’t going to change a damn thing on the ground except to watch it deteriorate.
If anyone wonders why I hate politics and politicians this is a perfect example. There is no legitimate way to frame this as a decision made on strategic national security concerns. Get off the dime sir, better men and women than you are dying. Reinforce them and try to win or bring them home now!”
— Uncle Jimbo, Blackfive
