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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Early this morning...
One way or the other, this event provided a grow-up-now moment for our President, one that will likely influence his (hopefully soon to come) decision on General McChrystal's request for 40,000 additional troops. Without a hostile congress threatening to withhold critical war funding (as was the case in 2007, when President Bush introduced The Surge), without an ongoing uprising from the recently domesticated Left (the Code Pink and related ilk who dominated the media with their protests and flag- and effigy-burnings), President Obama has smooth sailing for to do...something.
Crossed to PW's Pub
Promoted to Protein Wisdom. Thanks, Darleen!
UPDATE:
Seen at, and promptly stolen from, Dan Collins' POWIP.
A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country.I smell a policy shift.
The official party this night consists of President Barack Obama, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Army Assistant Judge Advocate Maj Gen Daniel Wright, U.S. Army Special Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Repass, and Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center Col. Robert Edmondson, who will serve as the Dignified Transfer Host Officer.
On the helicopter flight back to Washington, DC, President Obama thanked his military aide for arranging the trip, after which no one said a word for the remainder of the 45-minute flight.
One way or the other, this event provided a grow-up-now moment for our President, one that will likely influence his (hopefully soon to come) decision on General McChrystal's request for 40,000 additional troops. Without a hostile congress threatening to withhold critical war funding (as was the case in 2007, when President Bush introduced The Surge), without an ongoing uprising from the recently domesticated Left (the Code Pink and related ilk who dominated the media with their protests and flag- and effigy-burnings), President Obama has smooth sailing for to do...something.
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. In the life of all free nations, there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people.
We are now at such a moment.
Durbin: Escalation of this war is not the change the American people called for in the last election.Some things never change.
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I think today he understands not only the American Congress but the American people have real questions about his leadership on this issue.
Crossed to PW's Pub
Promoted to Protein Wisdom. Thanks, Darleen!
UPDATE:
Seen at, and promptly stolen from, Dan Collins' POWIP.
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