saw tonight was a highly politicized mission accomplished speech that was absent of the aircraft carrier and banner. you saw the facade of a president that wanted to get involved in the combat theater of operations in afghanistan. but that was not his comfort zone. when you look at this speech, the money line that the president used was that america we are going to start nation building at home. which is what he would like to have his focus on. this ended up being more of a campaign speech than a strategy speech for that combat theater of operations. sean: i asked senator mccain this. did you find it odd as i did that he didn t bring up general petraeus name? you are right. no talk about some of the incredible theater commanders that you have. general petraeus and maybe some of the other commanders. hat tip to the marines who have done an incredible job. that is why this speech was focused more on the president. you look at what has happened
unnecessary sacrifice of american blood. sean: in an editorial today, general petraeus and his commanders may succeed with fewer troops. it makes no sense after the sacrifice. i don t know if you noticed this, i didn t hear general petraeus name. i heard the president mention himself, i, i, i, me, i, i about a dozen times. i didn t hear him mention general petraeus. that was an omission? how is that possible? because it is obvious, and though the general petraeus has not said it himself. it has been widely known that general petraeus objected to this proposal. let me remind but in 2007, it was then senator obama that said the surge wouldn t work. i was then senator clinton that said for the surge to work there would have to be a willing suspension of disbelief. if you recall, the
unnecessary sacrifice of american blood. sean: in an editorial today, general petraeus and his commanders may succeed with fewer troops. it makes no sense after the sacrifice. i don t know if you noticed this, i didn t hear general petraeus name. i heard the president mention himself, i, i, i, me, i, i about a dozen times. i didn t hear him mention general petraeus. that was an omission? how is that possible? because it is obvious, and though the general petraeus has not said it himself. it has been widely known that general petraeus objected to this proposal. let me remind but in 2007, it was then senator obama that said the surge wouldn t work. i was then senator clinton that said for the surge to work there would have to be a willing suspension of disbelief. if you recall, the vice president of the
the president dithered for months. he only gave a percentage of what he was asking for. now he s pulling them out. my reaction to that was, basically 10,000 short. i guess it was 33, we were short. that did not allow us to go to the eastern part of afghanistan, where the haqqani network and other taliban elements and al-qaeda elements remain. that decision that was made by the president in 2009, was really a victory by general petraeus. this time this is a victory by the vice president biden over objections of general petraeus and other military leaders that i ve talked to. we made great gains. they are fragile. if we pull out too soon, then i think the consequences will be unfortunately, the
saw tonight was a highly politicized mission accomplished speech that was absent of the aircraft carrier and banner. you saw the facade of a president that wanted to get involved in the combat theater of operations in afghanistan. but that was not his comfort zone. when you look at this speech, the money line that the president used was that america we are going to start nation building at home. which is what he would like to have his focus on. this ended up being more of a campaign speech than a strategy speech for that combat theater of operations. sean: i asked senator mccain this. did you find it odd as i did that he didn t bring up general petraeus name? you are right. no talk about some of the incredible theater commanders that you have. general petraeus and maybe some of the other commanders. hat tip to the marines who have done an incredible job. that is why this speech was focused more on the president. you look at what has happened