President Obama chose to make his announcement about the war plans from one of Americas most respected Military Colleges. It was a beautiful setting for Obama to make his important speech. The speech was delivered in a simple but effective format. The president is long on presentation but brings us further into a conflict that seems to be necessary.
I observed the faces of the military personal and there were stern , tight clenched jaws as the President announced the need for another 30,000 bodies to be deployed in Afghanistan immediately.
We as a people, and I as an individual do not have all the facts but the President took three months to make this determination. Surely he knows of the tragic end for many more of the military who will come home in body bags or mained for life. The weight of this decision will define his term of office and we must respect his ability to make such decisions.
As I made my way up the beautiful Hudson River a year ago ferrying my son-in law's boat home to Oakville, I was impressed with this institution called West Point. It is situated on the south bank of the Hudson River about thirty five miles upstream from the City of New York.
It is a most peaceful sit with castle like structures rising among the hills and you could hardly connect this monument as the site where men and women learn how to wage war. I hope that their training makes them good officers and helps them make their charges safe for their mission far away in that foreign land.
This decision will impact all of us and my desire is that the mission will be worth the blood to be spilled over the next years.
I observed the faces of the military personal and there were stern , tight clenched jaws as the President announced the need for another 30,000 bodies to be deployed in Afghanistan immediately.
We as a people, and I as an individual do not have all the facts but the President took three months to make this determination. Surely he knows of the tragic end for many more of the military who will come home in body bags or mained for life. The weight of this decision will define his term of office and we must respect his ability to make such decisions.
As I made my way up the beautiful Hudson River a year ago ferrying my son-in law's boat home to Oakville, I was impressed with this institution called West Point. It is situated on the south bank of the Hudson River about thirty five miles upstream from the City of New York.
It is a most peaceful sit with castle like structures rising among the hills and you could hardly connect this monument as the site where men and women learn how to wage war. I hope that their training makes them good officers and helps them make their charges safe for their mission far away in that foreign land.
This decision will impact all of us and my desire is that the mission will be worth the blood to be spilled over the next years.
Amen! Let this war end as soon as possible.
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