White House says withdrawal from Afghanistan is not an option

When General McChrystal proclaimed that more troops were needed in Afghanistan or the mission would fail President Obama was left with three options; give the general the troops needed to secure victory, ignore the general and continue to fight with the current troop levels, or withdraw from Afghanistan.

I support giving General McChrystal the troops that he needs to win this war, but if Obama is not willing to commit more troops than I find it more acceptable to withdraw from Afghanistan than I do to fight a war that the commanding general admits is not winnable under the current circumstances.

Today the White House has stated that withdrawal from Afghanistan is not an option. This means that the president is now faced with two options; giving the general the troops needed to secure victory, or continue to fight a war under the conditions that the commanding general admitted will fail. Now that Obama has seemingly made the decision to stay in Afghanistan, a decision that I agree with, I can only hope that he will provide General McChrystal with the troops that he needs to win this war.

We have attempted to fight this politically correct type of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It wasn’t until President Bush finally decided to send the troops necessary to win the Iraq war that we finally were able to secure the victory that is now leading to the draw down of troops in Iraq. This should prove to be a teachable moment to President Obama. Now that we are going to stay in Afghanistan it is time to send in the needed troops and secure a victory.