Time to leave Afghanistan

It’s always puzzling why presidents continue foolish wars. Both Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon didn’t want to be “the first president to lose a war.” It turned out both, plus Gerald Ford, got tagged with losing the war.

Now, Obama is continuing Bush’s foolish Afghan war.  55 Americans have been killed there in October, a new record.

Meanwhile, a brave Foreign Service officer, Matthew Hoh, resigned in protest because the Afghan war is pointless. He’s also a former Marine captain. Let’s hope he’s the first of many such resignations.

What happened to Obama’s promise of “Change you can believe in”? So far, it’s “More Bush you can’t believe in.”

Obama needs to be like Ike, not Bush. (For you youngsters, that’s Ike Eisenhower, pictured at right, not Ike & Tina Turner.)

He should look to Eisenhower, who promised to “go to Korea,” did so after he was elected, and ended the war.

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