Obama’s Afghanistan actions exonerates Bush’s Iraq war!

There is little or no doubt that President George W. Bush was a very marginal president. President Bush mademany mistakes, but, as President Obama’s recent actions in the region are proving,  starting the war against Sadam Hussein was not a mistake.

As America’s role in Iraq is winding down, leaving the country free of the regional threat that was there before Sadam Hussein was removed from office, the United States role in Afghanistan is continuing to expand.

President Bush mistake in Iraq was in listening to his civilian ( Rumsfeld, et al) rather than military advisers. who suggested that an overwhelming force should have been committed to Iraq. The civilians who suggested that the the Iraq war should be conducted like a business were responsible for the poor US second stage (after Hussein and his forces were removed, and before the surge) performance. The surge was paramount to an overwhelming force since it came after the military confrontation was over, and only an insurgery type of conflict remained.

President Obama has now prepared the nation to a protracted military engagement in Afghanistan. The hope is that Obama does not underestimate the magnitude of the commitmentand is prepared to an eventual need for an overwhelming force, a force that, with its allies, may well come near in size to the Iraq commitment at its peak.

Even though during the election process, President Obama, then candidate Obama,  promised to bring the troops home and is now only commitment to re-deploying many of these troops to Afghanistan, all indications are that he is doing the right. thing!