Andrew Carnegie is famous for saying that if someone had all the facts, they should be able to make a decision within 30 seconds. In other words, once you know everything that would impact your decision, you make it.
I'm thinking of this in light of the President's inability to make a decision about prosecuting the war in Afghanistan. It has become sadly amusing.
He hand-picked General McChrystal. Then asked the General for an assessment on how to proceed. He got that report in late August - some 6 weeks ago. The President doesn't want to rush into anything. Press Secretary Gibbs was emphatic today in reminding us that the President had not reached a decision yet. Obama himself said it could be several more weeks.
Is the war on timeout while he ponders?
Did the war take a break while he went to Denmark to play Olympics pitchman-in-chief? Or when he was awarded and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize (ceremony to follow)?
Yesterday we learned that all branches of the armed services met their recruiting quotoas for the year, so we are at full staff. The only thing is that their commander won't make a decision on deployment.
Oh, and about that 21,000 troops he sent to Afghanistan already, two things - (1) they weren't all combat troops (they included support as well), and (2) they had already been authorized for Bush to send.
No decision is still a decision, Inaction is a decision. Neither are helping us to win the war. You do want to win, don't you, Mr. President?
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