Col. Ralph Peters Says Obama Is "Setting Up Our Military To Fail" In Afghanistan

Ralph Peter writes that Obama's strategy is just "plain nuts" saying, "That's the only possible characterization for last night's presidential declaration of surrender in advance of a renewed campaign in Afghanistan. President Obama will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan -- but he'll 'begin the transfer of our forces out of Afghanistan in July of 2011.' Then why send them? If you're going to tell the Taliban to be patient because we're leaving, what's the point in upping the blood ante? For what will come down to a single year by the time the troops hit the ground? Does Obama really expect to achieve in one year what we haven't been able to do in more than eight?"

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