During the pres election, Obama was against troop withdrawal timetables (at least re Iraq). Now he wants them?

For months, he's been waiting for his advisors' recommendations. Now he rejects them and says he needs more time to decide what to do?

His flip-flopping and indecision is distressing. People are dying while he's waffling about what to do.

For months, he's been waiting for his advisors' recommendations. Now he rejects them and says he needs more time to decide what to do?

What if the recommendations are not good enough? Would you rather he goes ahead with something he disagrees with or pushes on with something he will have to answer for down the road? I thought people would applaud the fact that you have a CIC who actually looks at options.

His flip-flopping and indecision is distressing. People are dying while he's waffling about what to do.

People have been dying for 8 years and will continue to because there are troops there and it is a war. That will not change. Do you think that there will be no more deaths if Obama decides to increase troops by 40,000?

this morning when I heard that he had rejected all the plans because they weren't good enough - I thought to myself - "he's just buying time, trying to avoid the hard decision"

That's surprising considering you are such an Obama supporter.

"Essentially, what you are saying when you demand an exit strategy (I'm assuming here that the exit strategy is not "we stay until the job is done") is that the mission will end regardless of the outcome of sending in the troops"

I think your assumption may be accurate for some people, but ingeneral, an Exit Strategy is exactly what you're looking for; A plan to withdraw or extricate us from Afghanistan which would, necessarily be tied to the accomplishment of a series of objectives. It may be that we have an exit strategy that takes into account several branches and sequels such that there is one path in the case of a certain set of indicators, and a different path based on a different set of indicators, but as far as the military is concerned, the exit strategy planning doesn't generally assume failure. If it did, we wouldn't spend as much time as we do planning for how to achieve success.

We have no chance of winning the war in Afghanistan unless winning means blowing the heck out of the country endlessly forever. The last election showed the govt. is corrupt and the people believe it is a puppet of Uncle Sam. All is lost there. Our troops have done a great job in a difficult situation but it's time to bring them home.

For months, he's been waiting for his advisors' recommendations. Now he rejects them and says he needs more time to decide what to do?

What if the recommendations are not good enough? Would you rather he goes ahead with something he disagrees with or pushes on with something he will have to answer for down the road? I thought people would applaud the fact that you have a CIC who actually looks at options.

His flip-flopping and indecision is distressing. People are dying while he's waffling about what to do.

People have been dying for 8 years and will continue to because there are troops there and it is a war. That will not change. Do you think that there will be no more deaths if Obama decides to increase troops by 40,000?