A WASTED VOTE!

A WASTED VOTE! (Frazer Chronicles)

Wednesday night, at 7:00 P.M. local time, I sat in my television chair, with my trusty remote in hand and turned to the Fox news network to hear President Obama's remarks on Afghan troop draw-down. As I sat, actually glued to my T.V. I hear a man, not asking for our support for his plans of a troop reduction, but a simple and  direct response to that question.

Although classified, the number of American fighting men and women in Afghanistan has been stated to be around 100,000. Over the next year, if all goes well, there will still be more then 67,000 military personnel in Afghanistan,  by late next year. These men and women that are left, will still be in danger of being shot, captured and blown up.

The cost of the war will continue to pile up, draining the country's monetary reserves, and building more debt. Politicians across the spectrum of party lines finally agreed on something, Obama's "draw-down plan" did not meet a significant number of troops that will be coming home over the next months.

Obama talked about "reaching our goals," which are....."I'm not sure of." Country security, military organization of Afghan troops, of "leaving the country in  better shape then we found it" after our arrival in late 2001.  Of bringing "all" peoples together in a peaceful coalition, to bring the country into the 21st. century.

Obama did site a "draw-down" time-table of sorts, at least for the 33,000 surge troops that he deployed to help stabilize American presents in the country. He however did not address the bigger issue of "when will hostilities in Afghanistan cease."

Many Afghans view the United States military activity in their country as nothing more then an extension of the Soviet Unions occupation of the country that ended with the demise of that country back in 1990. The Russian occupation of the country, which was an ill advised military operation drained that country of it's monetary treasures and hastened the break-up of Russia.

Both Republicans and Democrats railed against the President's cut-back on troops as to little and vague. Well over 50% of the country wants the United States out of, not only Afghanistan, but the middle east as a whole. The "mission" had become a convoluted mess with absolutely no clear vision in mind.

The United States has a 14 billion dollar debt and the country cannot afford one more dollar in an effort to leave a democratic society when, finally America leaves. One senator said that "the Obama draw down of troops is the right decision to make," it will "capitalize on the progress that we've made in Afghanistan, to finish the job and ensure al Qaeda's long-term strategic defeat."

It seems to me as if the President was telling Americans that we need to "nurture the Afghan people, like they were children, our children, and that we had to (show) them how to conduct themselves and how to live." And America is not nation building.

This is probably the most disappointed that I've been with President Obama since he took office. He and his administration are sounding more and more like George W. Bush with regards to war decisions and the rhetoric that goes along with his message.

I voted for Obama, it was mostly a protest vote against the Republican party and a laughable candidate, John McCain. Now, with each passing month, I laugh more and more at what is coming out of the Obama camp, and I wonder, "does anybody have a grasp on what truly is going on?