
This last Tuesday, December 1st marked the beginning of the end of the Iraq war, and a surge of 30,000 troops to be moved in to Afghanistan by Christmas. Obama spoke to Americans and the cadets at west point about his plans for the middle east.
Obama stated that the U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2011, right before the election. Democrats and Republicans were split on the issue. On Bill O'Reily's coverage after the speech, Dennis Kucinich (D Ohio) disagreed with Obama's plan for more troops. He believes that adding more troops will not help the United States, instead he proposed that we pull completely out of the region. Of course, there were "fundamental differences" between Kucinich and O'reily. O'reily and other Republicans believe that Obama was "too soft" and "lacked emotion" when addressing his plans to snuff out Taliban and Al-Qaeda operations.
I agree with O'reilys' opinion. I'm not gonna lie, I literally fell asleep during his speech. It did lack emotion and vigor, especially since he announced we will be leaving the region by mid-to-late 2011. If you're going to give an unstable government like Afghanistan's an ultimatum, make it feel serious. Obama's tone was not strong enough to resonate in the ears of the Afghan government. Maybe it's not Obama's style. I still believe in him, but like any good American, I'll criticise him.










