President Obama has announced his strategy for Afghanistan, in a speech to the cadet corps at West Point. My first thought was to see what Ralph Peters, who
writes about military matters for the
New York Post, has to say about it. He is seriously not amused:
Just plain nuts: That's the only possible characterization for last night's presidential declaration of surrender in advance of a renewed campaign in Afghanistan.
Of Obama's strategy with respect to Afghanistan, Peters says:
This isn't just stupid: It's immoral. No American president has ever espoused such a worthless, self-absorbed non-strategy for his own political gratification.
And with regard to Pakistan, Obama said "We are committed to a partnership with Pakistan that is built on a foundation of mutual interests, mutual respect and mutual trust." Whereas Peters believes our attitudes toward Pakistan are that:
Our interests diverge, we don't respect each other and we certainly don't trust each other.
Go read the entire article, Peters should be your go-to guy for military commentary.
