We all have our priorities and they all differ from one person to another. I know that at times my own can get clouded with all that we have going on around us, I find it hard at times to keep them straight. I always try to put God first them my family and on down from there.
When I think of an elected official like the President and members of Congress, I know that there are priorities that coincide with their responsibility in which that office brings with it. One that I think should be foremost on the President’s mind is that of winning a military conflict which we are already engaged with the enemy. The morale, and the manpower needed to win through to victory. The daily reports from his commanders, most importantly his commander in the theater of operations.
What I find completely shocking and mind numbing is the fact that the theater operations commander Gen. McCrystal, has stated publically on a national television news show over the weekend that the Commander in Chief, the President has only been in touch with him once in seventy some days since assigning him to his duty post in Afghanistan. Now that the general finds it necessary to send a request to the White House for the deployment of more troops, so that a victory can be assured. The President and the powers that be in the Administration are deliberately dragging their feet. The request has not even been forwarded to the White House, it is being sat on in the chain of command at the Pentagon. I am sure this is because the Secretary of Defense will not allow it to come through to the President. It is my understanding that they are waiting until the President has thought out the strategy. Well Mr. President, how long is that going to take? I might remind you that we have men and women, our sons and daughters engaged in combat with an enemy who doesnt mind dying for their cause. They belive they go straight into paradise when they die for their beliefs. I want to see more troops on the ground so we can send more of the enemy to paradise. Most disturbing is the fact that all the news and chatter coming out of the Administration is about this trip with Oprah to Denmark to campaign for the Olympics to be held in Chicago. Mr. Obama the election is over and it is time to stop the campaigning. Time to get to work and engage your responsibilities as Commander in Chief of the Military. Either give them what they need to win, or bring them home. They are not trained as policemen they are trained to kill the enemy and win through to a victory. I dare say that if your answer is to bring them home, it will make the United States look even more so like the weak and feeble nation that you and the socialist Congressional leaders seem to want it to become. If this comes to pass the very institution the CIA, that you and Nancy Pelosi are working to destroy will be needed more so than ever to stop all the terrorist activity that will abound in this country and abroad. Please get you priorities straight, just think a loss in Afghanistan and then you want the Olympic Games held in a major city in the United States that would then be wide open for a terrorist attack from terrorist trained in Afganistan. Wake up before it is too late and set your priorities. Show the service men and women some respect and show them that you know they can win this action if they have what they need in regards to manpower and materials. Show them they are not just being left in a meat grinder, and they are not just fodder for it.
Lee Mayberry, (A Patriot)
