Obama and LBJ
2013-02-09 - by
Didn’t we see this movie in the Sixties? The President and his aides huddle over maps and pick targets. Jets drop bombs or drones launch missiles. Our enemies die. So do innocent civilians. The natives hate us and we make more enemies.
As Congressman Walter Jones asks: Why are we still in Afghanistan?
Drones in the air are no doubt better than boots on the ground – and more brave Americans in hospitals and cemeteries. It’s better to kill Al Qaeda operatives before they kill us.
But there remains something deeply unsettling about President Obama sitting in the White House and picking who dies, especially as the unintended casualties and consequences mount and Americans wonder what we’re still doing there.
Posted in General, National Democrats
Obama and LBJ
2013-02-09/
Didn’t we see this movie in the Sixties? The President and his aides huddle over maps and pick targets. Jets drop bombs or drones launch missiles. Our enemies die. So do innocent civilians. The natives hate us and we make more enemies.
As Congressman Walter Jones asks: Why are we still in Afghanistan?
Drones in the air are no doubt better than boots on the ground – and more brave Americans in hospitals and cemeteries. It’s better to kill Al Qaeda operatives before they kill us.
But there remains something deeply unsettling about President Obama sitting in the White House and picking who dies, especially as the unintended casualties and consequences mount and Americans wonder what we’re still doing there.
Posted in General, National Democrats