Even Obama couldn’t placate his extreme base
Bookworm on Dec 02 2009 | Filed under: Afghanistan, Anti-war, Barack Obama
Despite giving the generals almost 75% fewer troops than the 80,000 they really wanted (and even significantly less than the 40,000 they sort of wanted), and despite telling the Taliban and Al Qaeda exactly when the field is theirs, and despite dwelling morbidly on death in front of the men and women at West Point [...]










