“Obama can’t stand up to Pentagon”
Published: 27 October, 2009, 10:13
Edited: 27 October, 2009, 13:17
A soldier prepares to board a Chinook helicopter arriving at Combat Outpost Zerok in East Paktika province in Afghanistan (AFP Photo / Getty Images)
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The political situation in the US is such that the president isn’t strong enough to stand against the Pentagon, said political commentator and author Pat Buchanan who spoke to RT on the situation in Afghanistan.
“The generals are jamming the president, saying ‘We need the troops, we need them now, if we don’t get them it’s mission failure, and in this case it will be your responsibility’,” Buchanan noted. He believes they’re trying to force an early decision on Obama.
“And I think in some degree they are succeeding: they got the president to say ‘I’m not drawing down troops, I’m going to provide more’,” he continued.
The former presidential candidate thinks a victory in Afghanistan will cost the US blood and treasure for years to come.
Patrick Joseph “Pat” Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster.
27.10.2009, 09:13
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Oh, I get it, so Washington D.C. is totally innocent? yeah right! Shut it, Pat! Obama's whole administration is built on doing exactly what they are doing. Why keep on Gates? He could of appointed someone with no spine that would quiver at the threat of Obama the Peace Prize holder. American politics is so backwards it is comical. I wonder if the Roman Empire was a similar laughing stock near the end?
It is too much corruption in the Pentagon!!!