Mighty Narrow Shoulders

Last night, President Barack Hussein Obama addressed the cadets of West Point, the troops, our allies, the nation, our enemies and the world concerning his plans to relinquish Afghanistan to her own devices starting in 2011 when we begin retreat to ignominy. Barack Hussein Obama's speech did not inspire; he did not encourage our forces in the field who based on his grim tone and failure to provide all that was requested might be expected to be disheartened and demoralized. Obama began the speech with a clever bit of buck passing by way of self-serving fractured history, holding the previous Bush administration to account while absolving his own team entirely for whatever outcome Afghanistan ultimately yields.  Obama has inadvertently aided the cause of the Taliban and al Qaeda and no doubt, boosted their recruiting as they now know that if they can merely hold out until 2011, our forces will start to leave no matter what. Obama mentioned "mutual respect" with the Afghans, which defies logic as Afghans were the willing hosts of al Qaeda and are amongst the most misogynistic and atavistic haters in the world who must be acknowledged only as fearsome warriors  (based largely on a near total disregard of the value of life including their own) and prodigious opium producers and nothing else. The jihadists may decide to lie low until then and bide their time until they know we are headed out the door or they may increase the pace of their attacks throwing martyrs into the grinder as they are not casualty adverse but wish to fall as shaheeds and harass us on the way out causing more US deaths in what if we are leaving anyway can only be called a lost cause. The President's speech was not inspiring but shows weakness and should provoke fear that we have lost our national prestige and our losing our nation. But Obama still enjoys the power of the office with the clout of the Presidency and allies running both chambers of Congress and many fellow travelers presiding over our courts. This skinny weakling can do untold harm domestically and abroad- at the moment, Obama has the will and the power to irrevocably alter the nation as we have known her, the America we have loved.