I came across this old fashioned thing called a newspaper, that has something they used to call reporting in it, about how Obama came to his War Plan (though of course I did read it online, and you can to at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/asia/06reconstruct.html?_r=1&sudsredirect=true&pagewanted=all) it is called: "How Obama Came to Plan for 'Surve' in Afghanistan by Peter Baker, 12/5/09"
I think those who support and those who criticize this Administration will find the article interesting, and it is nice to see some good reporting, which we hardly get any of on television anymore, and not nearly as much in the papers as we used to. I suspect the NYT would not have had so much access to insider reports of the process if Emmanuel did not want the word to get out, so I suppose that imparts a pro-Obama spin, though there is stuff here for Obama-critics to use too. Probably the most true thing in it is that Obama's strategy here is a "gamble" - but then, anything he did would be. Here is a nice taste of it: "Now as his top military adviser ran through a slide show of options, Mr. Obama expressed frustration. He held up a chart showing how reinforcements would flow into Afghanistan over 18 months and eventually begin to pull out, a bell curve that meant American forces would be there for years to come. “I want this pushed to the left,” he told advisers, pointing to the bell curve. In other words, the troops should be in sooner, then out sooner. When the history of the Obama presidency is written, that day with the chart may prove to be a turning point, the moment a young commander in chief set in motion a high-stakes gamble to turn around a losing war. By moving the bell curve to the left, Mr. Obama decided to send 30,000 troops mostly in the next six months and then begin pulling them out a year after that, betting that a quick jolt of extra forces could knock the enemy back on its heels enough for the Afghans to take over the fight." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
