Is this a winning strategy?

Obama: More troops for Afghanistan, with exit plan
By STEVEN R. HURST and DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writers –1 hr 38 mins agoWEST POINT, N.Y. –

Declaring "our security is at stake," PresidentBarack Obama ordered an additional 30,000 U.S. troops into the longwar in Afghanistan Tuesday night, nearly tripling the force he inherited as commander in chief. He promised an impatient public he would begin bringing units home in 18 months.

Kliphnote: It is nice of Obama to agree to a surge. Even when Obama was against the surge in Iraq.

It's too bad he has an "exit strategy".

This is Obama's "war of necessity" but as soon as he said "our security is at stake," he said our troops will be leaving in 18 months.

That is not a winning strategy.

This tells our enemy to just wait. Because the US will be leaving. Just like Nam and Mogadishu. When the going gets tough the US leaves.

Why put our troops lives on the line if you plan on leaving in 18 months?

I never heard Obama mention that we are going to win this war. NEVER!

Just how costly it is. And he never mentions what other country's are going to help us.

I don't expect much help from the EU.

And I don't expect Afghanistan to help us or themselves.

It's a backward country where the people don't know any better.

It sounded more like a campaign speech.

If it were me, your humble blogger, I would have said, "we are staying until we win." And we are going to build permanent bases in Afghanistan. Like we have in Germany and Japan and Korea and other places.

If you are not going to fight the war to win, get out now.

You want to pay for the war? Sell war bonds.