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Originally Posted by filtherton
But if he makes the wrong decision in an effort to "show conviction", more people could die than if he waited and made a better choice.
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One does not "show" conviction, you either have it or you don't. The Afghanistan strategy decision is going to result in large groups of people hating the decision one way or the other, the decision will have dire consequences one way or the other, there is no easy choice, our leader needs to clearly communicate to us what he wants to do and lead. Whatever the decision, like it or not, I will support it. Unlike some I won't be claiming Obama lied or that this is Obama's war. We know what is at stake, we know the uncertainty, we know the consequences of whatever choice is made.
Reading between the lines I think Obama is making it clear that he wants to get out of Afghanistan, and I agree with that. Afghanistan is not the "right war".