Afghan War

Obama may have created his very own Vietnam. He ramped up a war where the American people don’t want one. In a recent poll 57% of Americans are AGAINST the war in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan War Opposition at all time high

I don’t think the Afghan war is winnable. For one thing we’re not fighting Afghanistan. We’re fighting people who live there (Taliban). That’d be like invading America and only fighting the Methodists.

Over 7 years ago we accomplished what we went there for. Al Qaeda was broken up and put on the run (they’re mostly in Pakistan now). Our war was never with the Taliban. We only fought the Taliban because they refused to hand over Al Qaeda. Nation Building in Afghanistan was never the mission but that’s what we’re doing now. Russia occupied Afghanistan for over 20 years and never controlled it. They eventually gave up and went home. We should do the same.

Besides, there’s another strategy that can be used. For centuries Russia used the “victory by retreat” defense to defend Russia from attackers. Russia would engage the enemy and then back up. They’d continue doing this until the enemy was deep in Russia and the supply lines were long and hard to defend. Then they’d stand their ground and push the attackers out of Russia. This worked against both Napoleon and Hitler among others.

We could employ the “victory by retreat” method too by backing out of Afghanistan and engaging them elsewhere or in a more creative way (possibly covertly).

Obama Biden Laden

Is Joseph Robinette Biden really the best pick for Vice President? I thought Mr. Barack Hussein Obama promised us CHANGE from typical Washington politics. Mr. Biden has been in Washington D.C. since his first election to the Senate in 1972. In 1972 John Sidney McCain III was still in a P.O.W. camp in Vietnam. Mr. McCain was elected to Congress in 1982 and after two terms was elected to the Senate in 1986. Thus, Mr. Biden has been in Washington D.C. 10 years LONGER than John McCain.

What happened to youth? Where’s this youthful energetic White House with fresh ideas we’re supposed to get? Mr. Biden is currently 65 and will turn 66 shortly after Election Day. He’s older than Hillary Clinton (60), John Edwards (55), Bill Richardson (60), Mitt Romney (61), Mike Huckabee (53) and well, just about everyone except John McCain who just turned 72.

What about health? A lot is made about John McCain’s health. Nothing has ever come of it. He’s a very healthy man especially with all he’s been through in his life. Joe Biden suffered two brain aneurysms in 1988. What other or continuing health concerns does he have that we don’t know about yet?

What about qualifications? Joe Biden is clearly more qualified to be President than Obama. Just like how Lyndon Baines Johnson was more qualified than John Fitzgerald Kennedy. If Obama is still trying to recreate the Kennedy years has he forgotten what happened to JFK?

What about perception? Did nobody notice that their names together, “Obama Biden” look eerily similar to “Osama Bin Laden”? Like it or not perception is part of the game. That’s why Obama keeps trying to make McCain look like an bumbling old man and McCain tries to make Obama look like an unqualified elitist. Perception can be more dangerous than reality.

So, where are we? The age issue is out the window because Biden is not much younger than McCain. The Washington insider issue is out the window because Biden has been there 10 years longer than McCain. Thus, CHANGE is now out the window. If we don’t have change then what do we have left? Hope?