Obama Faces 'Hobson's Choice' on Afghanistan: Build Up or Pull Back?

Let us not forget Congressman B. Obama was against the Surge in Iraq all the way up till the point it was painfully apparent that it did work extremely well...Time means lives ...tick tock Canadate Obama said he would follow the Genneral Pataris advice ...I hope for the sake of our Service Men and Women ...Obama listens to Pataris Mr. President I hope the Olympic taught you something .....and that is your personal desision is needed today ...not after you consult with Carter or his Jew hating National security adviser.................................. President Obama in your most recent comment on this issue you stated you needed to "VET THE ISSUE ON SENDING MORE TROOPS" how about you do some Vetting of the remaining of your people in the Admin. and the other Commey bastard Zars or High level Advisers who have your ear ....PS: Tell William Ayres hello from me ! and let him know I think he did a great job writing your Dreams book you took credit for but hee actually wrote! ......It is not comforting to americans that you "STILL HAVE NINE Communiest or Socialest still left in the White House while we are still at War...

Obama hanging our Men and Women in Uniform out to dry!While America is still involved in two Wars Americans need a War time President ...This Bold move by our Military Leaders to effectively "Call out on the Carpet" President Barrack Husain Obama may just cost them their Jobs I suppose when your direct actions may mean so many lives at risk and you do not do everything you can to protect those American Boys and Brave Fighting Women and it ends up more die needlessly because the equipment and additional Troops need to finish the job are being held up. You listen to your heart and mind and report directly to the American People to save those lives...It may not be good for your future in the Military but if it works... And provides the nessairy pressure to get what you need to Win .I supposed being able to live with your self "IS" the Better Choice" Remember the Movie Black hawk down? under Bill Clinton we went in to battle with out the needed Equipment and Man Power...Remember we had NO Tanks in Zone that were asked for by our Military leaders ...We were forced to use another Country's Tank "One" and during our extraction of our Boys the Tank Commander drove to fast for our troops to keep up and many died as a result.....Or under Jimmy Carter do you Remember his failed Attempt to rescue Americans held Hostage by the Iranians rather than allow the commanders to fully plan and equip a force with the proper size to do the job....more Americans Died in the Desert as a result as well....Let's Pray Obama's Ego is not so Big that he thinks he knows better the professionals – By openly declaring their views on the Afghan war, US military
– By openly declaring their views on the Afghan war, US military leaders have placed President Barack Obama in a bind as he faces a fraught decision over the troubled US-led mission.

Obama has refused to quickly approve a request from his commanders for a major troop build-up in Afghanistan, insisting first on a full vetting of the current strategy.

But while a war council takes place behind closed doors at the White House, top military officers have made no secret of their view that without a vast ground force, the Afghan mission could end in failure.

"They want to make sure people know what they asked for if things go wrong," Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense, told AFP.

As a result, if Obama chooses to change course in Afghanistan or decline a request for large numbers of troops, he will be rejecting the advice of the US military, raising the political stakes.

Commentators on the left say the military ought to keep its advice private without trying to influence public debate, with New York Times columnist Frank Rich accusing the generals of an attempt to "try to lock him (Obama) in" on Afghanistan.

Korb said the top brass is keen to avoid a repeat of the run-up to the Iraq war under former president George W. Bush, when military leaders bowed to White House demands for a small invasion force -- with disastrous consequences.

Drawing on blood-soaked experience in Iraq, military commanders now fervently embrace counter-insurgency doctrine, which calls for large numbers of troops providing security and winning the trust of the local population.

Amid rising casualties and a spreading insurgency, skeptics in Congress and the White House have floated proposals to freeze or even reduce the 65,000-strong force.

But McChrystal and his superiors have dismissed such alternatives as half-measures.

"You can't hope to contain the fire by letting just half the building burn," McChrystal told Newsweek.

Top US military officer Admiral Mike Mullen and the head of the regional Central Command, General David Petraeus, have publicly endorsed the manpower-intensive strategy set out in a report by McChrystal.

The commander's stark assessment of the war, which was leaked, has set off a flurry of counter-leaks in US newspapers with unnamed officials in the White H