Obama signals retreat


Toby Harnden:

America is turning inwards. After a decade characterised by the War on Terror (or “countering violent extremism”, if you prefer) there is a new isolationism taking root that is dangerous both for the United States and for the world.

Last Wednesday’s Afghanistan speech by President Barack Obama was a strange blend of campaign pep rally and Orwellian doublethink in which a premature retreat was sounded and victory simultaneously redefined and proclaimed. It should have been an occasion for Republicans to smell blood.

Here was a commander-in-chief defying the advice of General David Petraeus and the rest of his military leadership. He decided to slash forces in Afghanistan by 33,000 in 15 months while barely attempting to explain what the strategy was for the remaining 68,000, pivoting instead to talking about the need for “clean sources of energy”.

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It is the most irresponsible war policy since the Democrats last lost a war that the military had won. Someone on the Republican side needs to stand up and call BS on the Obama strategy for defeat.

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