Of course, right up until the President decided on a surge in Iraq, the left side of the aisle claimed that we had too few troops in Iraq. Once we decided to add troops, the loyal opposition reversed course.
So, of course, even as Barack Obama argued for more troops for Afghanistan and his loyal minions backed him up, you had to know that the left side of the aisle would change their minds about the surge for Afghanistan. Be careful what you wish for, right?
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Sending more U.S. forces to Afghanistan is an idea whose time has come. The question is whether the time when it could work has already gone.
President-elect Barack Obama, departing President George W. Bush and holdover Defense Secretary Robert Gates have backed a plan to send 20,000 or more troops next year. Those forces must confront an increasingly entrenched Taliban enemy and a population grown hostile to foreign troops after seven years of U.S.-led warfare.
“We may have missed the golden moment there,” said Lawrence Korb, a former Pentagon official who has long advocated an increased U.S. focus on Afghanistan.
Well what do you know? Korb long supported more troops. But now that we will do exactly that, it's too late! Never mind. That mythical "golden moment" sadly passed! It always does for them, doesn't it? They're the Goldilocks Warriors.
Look, I don't think we really need a surge of troops in Afghanistan. We simply aren't losing and our objectives shouldn't be that high for the country. And most of our Afghanistan problem is actually a Pakistan problem. Besides, I worry about the safety of our supply lines to Afghanistan through Pakistan.
But the point is, I knew our Left would come to think the "good war" was bad once it becomes the only war they have to oppose. With Iraq all but won, Afghanistan is rising up on the Left's hit list.
Good God, man. Don't tell me you ever believed our Left wanted to win in Afghanistan!
