White House lied about the Afghanistan plan?
General John Allen
I know that this won’t come as a surprise to anyone but…the White House has been caught in a blatant lie in regards to the plan to remove troops from Afghanistan. Lt. General John Allen testified yesterday under oath to the Senate Armed Services Committee that the plan that Obama chose was not one of the options presented to him by General Petraeus. Stephen Hayes of the Weekly Standard was quick to pick up on this.
(Weekly Standard) In response to questioning from Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Allen testified that Obama’s decision on the pace and size of Afghanistan withdrawals was “a more aggressive option than that which was presented.”
Graham pressed him. “My question is: Was that a option?”
Allen: “It was not.”
But wait….hasn’t Obama and his administration been telling us that the plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan was within the range of options presented to him by military advisors? Every quote from White House senior officials says that Obama’s plan falls within the range of options presented to him by General Petraeus yet the new top commander in Afghanistan has said (under oath) that Obama’s plan was not one of the options.
Not only was Obama’s plan not one of the options but top military officials are very worried about the specifics of the timeline.
“Among their greatest concerns: the White House’s insistence that the 2012 drawdown of the remaining 23,000 surge troops be completed by September. That means that drawdown will have to begin in late spring or early summer—a timeline for which there exists no serious military rationale. Afghanistan’s “fighting season” typically lasts from April through November. (Last year, it continued into December because of warmer than usual temperatures.) So if the White House were to go forward with its policy as presented, the largest contingent of surge troops would be withdrawn during the heart of next year’s fighting season.”
Hmmmm…the military is concerned about withdrawing troops by September 2012 because it’s a security risk for our troops but Obama doesn’t care about that. He only cares about being re-elected in November of 2012. The GOP should be howling over this little detail.
It’s so disgusting to me that Obama would put politics before the well being of our troops.
November 2012 can’t get here soon enough.
© 2011, Bridget. All rights reserved.
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In the words of Gomer Pyle: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! Surely the great O would nver lie about anything.
i think my first comment had too many links? i had like four backing up these stories. they can be found on politico, carrying his dead weight, and michelle malkin, where they don't carry his dead weight, but more like poke his body with sticks.
releasing the oil from our reserves (which is good)
Not really. As you point out, it's only a few days worth, and on top of that, will have to be replaced at some point. Which will increase demand and spike prices on a short-term.
that was my point. it was seen as "good" but the reality is that it did nothing except boost obama's numbers that day. thank god he's not a muslim! caving in to opec and whatnot….
This is appalling, but not surprising. This announcement of a targeted withdrawal is peppered with politics. It's not about our objectives, but his objectives. The drawdown of our forces from that area will greatly increase the danger to those who are left there, our military, and Afghan cilvilians. The release of oil from our national reserve (bad idea) was intended to affect oil prices only for the moment, but not a sustainable solution.
I wish he would humble himself and see that he's a landmine scattered across this country, intending for us to destroy ourselves. It's time to get over this swooning that he's cool and do what we need to survive. Enough is enough! This nitwit is destroying us slowly, like the Chinese water torture.
it,s all in the timing
He released some oil reserves to look like he's doing something. Once again, virtually everything the Campaigner-In-Chief does is politically motivated. He only acts outside of his political agenda when he has no options left, and then he touts compromise like it's another teachable moment.
Chauncey Gardner would have made a better president – equally weak and clueless, but he wouldn't have pushed this administration's dangerous economic and willy nilly military agendas.
If BO's lips are moving, he's lying. After three plus years of observing this, IMO, the more appropriate question would be: Has BO ever told the truth about ANYTHING?
Obama lied and soldiers will die.
Now wait a second. There is a difference between "one of the options" and "within the range of options."
If, on the one end, one of the options was "Well, Mr. President, Sir, we can just get the hell out right the hell now and let them go to hell in their own way." And on the other end was "Well, we can continue fighting the insurgents, and get the Afghan troops trained up properly and be out in about 10 years." with a number of points in between, then this draw down and is in truth "within the range of options" even if it is not exactly one of the options.
So, while in spirit – that it was one of the options presented – it is a lie, by the letter of things – within the range – then it is literally the truth.
Yeah, surrendering to the taliban and retreating didn't seem like something any American general would suggest.