President Obama will send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. Good. It's good, not because I love war, but we already have men and women in the country and they need support. Either support them or bring them home.
One interesting note from the president's speech was that he finally mentioned a "broad coalition of 43 nations." Did these nations suddenly come on board? No. But in typical petty fashion, Obama couldn't even give a slight nod to his predecessor (yet he bows before the world). He did manage to take another jab at Bush of course. When are we going to see some true leadership?
Also, why is it that the only time Democrats seem to be worried about costs is when it comes to defending the country. National defense is one of the few legitimate responsibilities of the federal government. It's all of the other nonsense that needs to be examined or better yet, eliminated.
No, it doesn't mean we should give a blank check to the the "military industrial complex." MIC is the thing that naive liberals like to bring up to show that they're intelligent and aware.
Sadly, too many of us don't realize that the war is so much broader than a few guys hiding in caves. If that's all it was then we would have been done a long time ago.
