Wow. What a day Friday is going to be. There will be light posting because I'm gonna be pretty busy.
Big Guy and I have a major speech in which he is going to announce that America is going to deploy about 4200 more troops to Afghanistan, as well a few hundred more civilians. This is a good thing, because our brave men and women who have been putting their lives on the line for our freedom have been doing a kick-ass job, and they deserve the opportunity to win this war the way they are winning it in Iraq.
I wish, though, that our press people wouldn't use gambling metaphors when they are talking about the war effort. Even I, a common computer, understand the gravity of it all. So when Gibbsy or Burton or one of the National Security staff tells reporters on background, "[The President's] all in. This is Obama's war. He's pushed all the chips to the center of the table, " we as an Administration minimize our military's effort, and maximize the political calculation of it all. As the guy who helps the Big Guy lay down that message, I'm telling them there is a better way to say it, but we'll see.
This isn't Big O's war. It's America's war. And it's also Gen. David Petraeus's war. He clearly knows what the hell he is doing. As the Big O has said several times in the past few days, "That man is going to save my heiney." And boy do we all know it and appreciate it.
Big Guy and I have a major speech in which he is going to announce that America is going to deploy about 4200 more troops to Afghanistan, as well a few hundred more civilians. This is a good thing, because our brave men and women who have been putting their lives on the line for our freedom have been doing a kick-ass job, and they deserve the opportunity to win this war the way they are winning it in Iraq.
I wish, though, that our press people wouldn't use gambling metaphors when they are talking about the war effort. Even I, a common computer, understand the gravity of it all. So when Gibbsy or Burton or one of the National Security staff tells reporters on background, "[The President's] all in. This is Obama's war. He's pushed all the chips to the center of the table, " we as an Administration minimize our military's effort, and maximize the political calculation of it all. As the guy who helps the Big Guy lay down that message, I'm telling them there is a better way to say it, but we'll see.
This isn't Big O's war. It's America's war. And it's also Gen. David Petraeus's war. He clearly knows what the hell he is doing. As the Big O has said several times in the past few days, "That man is going to save my heiney." And boy do we all know it and appreciate it.
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