He’d rather talk to Letterman

So the President needs several weeks to decide what to do about troop strength in Afghanistan? This coming from the guy who has just flown off to Europe to lobby for the Olympics in Chicago. So he has time to traipse around Europe as a lobbyist but not to decide what to do to give our troops the support they might need. An amazing and very troubling story came to light this past week. John Noonan of the Weekly Standard blog asks “What does it say about your Commander in Chief when he’s spoken with David Letterman more than with his key guy in Afghanistan?” To the point, General McChrystal has been quoted as saying he has spoken to the President once in the past 70 days! Disgraceful! Even the President has said that Afghanistan is an important front. Maybe his lack of attention to this over the past two months is the reason he isn’t on top of this question.

What of the casualties we’ll undoubtedly suffer over this ‘several week’ period. In the life and death circumstances of a war every day of indecision can and probably will cost lives. And what about moral? How high is moral in the ranks when the Commander in Chief shows no signs of concern for their welfare or their plight. We have a Commander in Chief who has actually said he is uncomfortable with the concept of ‘victory’ in Afghanistan! If not victory what the hell are we doing there?