My Prediction of Obama’s War Strategy

OK. I’m going to steal the President’s thunder and tell you what good old middle of the road Barack is going to say. Tuesday evening he will address the nation and disclose his War strategy-policy-appeasement, and we’ll be reassured that this is a good war, a war of necessity, and we’ll be safer tomorrow and for generations to come as a result of this much needed offensive. He plans to phase-in another 30,000 troops over the next six months and he’s seeking an additional 6,000 troops from coalition countries.

The focus of the war will be three fold:
1. Continue to Train Afghans to build an effective fighting and policing force and ensure a strong Afghan Government.
2. With the support of other countries assist the Afghans to re-establish a peaceful, civilian infrastructure.
3. Support the defense of the Government held territory and launch an offensive to root out the Taliban strongholds and ensure that the Taliban will not be able to regain control of the country.

The President will ensure us that this is a bipartisan supported strategy- if he can manage to get some Democrats to support him. Not one dime is covered by revenue for the cost of the war. The war is being waged using the Uncle Sam Credit Card- something both parties seem very happy to do. Even though some politicians are calling for a War Tax, he will not bring that subject up. We will fund this war by going further into debt.

The exit strategy will be adaptive (read that to mean results oriented with no timetable), based on metrics that indicate the strength of the Afghan Government forces and the surrender of territory by the Taliban. He will tell us we will not be out of Afghanistan by the end of his first term in office, but we’ll be leaning in that direction. We’ll most likely be in Afghanistan another 6-10 years, but he won’t mention that and he will not give a timetable for withdrawal (something he learned from his predecessor).

He’ll assure India and Pakistan that our actions in Afghanistan will ensure a more stable, terrorist free region, and they will be direct beneficiaries of our actions. Because they are potential adversaries, the President will perform a shotgun wedding and open a dialogue with India and Pakistan to initiate a new alliance to ensure the stability of the region.

That’s about all. Oh, I almost forgot- we started this war to root out Al Qaeda. None of this effort will accomplish that. They’re in Pakistan. We’ll continue to fight a CIA war in Pakistan and he won’t say much about that. He will make vague references to continuing the pursuit of Al Qaeda where ever they are in seeking justice for the terrorist acts on 9/11, and he’ll ask for God to bless America in our endeavors- an American jihad?