Whatever Happened To Unity?

December 3, 2009 — United We Stand...Divided We Fall. I am not sure where that comes from, but it is so true...and even more so in today's times. Whatever happened to the unity we felt as a country immediately following 9/11? Where has the resolve as a nation to fight terrorism gone? It's gone far away and partly caused by the writings of such people as George F. Will the noted Op-Ed columnist of the Washington Post.

Mr. Will's response http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120202044.html to the President's speech is just bottom line wrong! While Will makes some very good points in his article, to me it represents all that is negative and does nothing for the sake of unity...something that is sorely need in this country right now. My case in point is what he writes in the past two paragraphs:

"A case can be made for a serious -- meaning larger and more protracted -- surge. A better case can be made for a radically reduced investment of resources and prestige in that forlorn country. Obama has not made a convincing case for his tentative surgelet."

"George Orwell said that the quickest way to end a war is to lose it. But Obama's halfhearted embrace of a half-baked nonstrategy -- briefly feinting toward the Taliban (or al-Qaeda, or a "syndicate of terror") while lunging for the exit ramp -- makes a protracted loss probable."

Surgelet indeed (how quaint)...Mr. Will seems to have all the answers. Using such words and terms as "radically reduced investment", the aforementioned "surgelet", "halfhearted embrace of a half-baked nonstrategy" and "protracted loss probable" are sickening and just flat out wrong. While we may not always agree with the President and his administration on many political issues, and I certainly fall into that category, his speech on Tuesday was NOT half-baked nor delivered halfheartedly. Failure has not been proven.

Mr Will earlier in his article indicated he seemed to know where al Qaeda resides and in what numbers. Maybe he is in the wrong business and should become an intelligence consultant for DoD and make the really big bucks. Now there's a thought...indeed he should be onsite in Afghanistan.

After the President's speech, Gen. McChrystal conferred with his commanders and his troops telling them he was more confident than ever that they could now get the job done. Interviews with troops themselves show that they are now more hopeful that they can get home sooner. Are these points lost on Mr. Will? Indeed they are!

Will's article was written for one reason and one reason only and that is sensationalism. Let's keep stirring the pot. Well George, I use to have respect for your writing, however that respect has been seriously diminished because of this drivel. To be crude for a moment...you can STUFF IT George! As I stated earlier, I do not support this President and his administration on many issues, but on this issue I stand firmly behind him and Gen. McChrystal until, and if, they prove otherwise...it's what really matters.