Marine Commandant Says Obama Afghan Deadline “Giving our Enemy Sustenance”

On August 31, 2010, in Afghanistan, Obama, Uncategorized, by admin

The commandant of the Marine Corps said Tuesday that President Obama’s July 2011 deadline to begin American troop withdrawals from Afghanistan was “probably giving our enemy sustenance.”

It was by far the most sharply worded public remark from a senior military commander about the White House’s timetable for starting to wind down the war.

The commandant, Gen. James T. Conway, also said that “if you follow it closely, and of course we all do, we know the president was talking to several audiences at the same time when he made his comments on July 2011.” The general apparently meant that Mr. Obama’s deadline was set for a domestic political audience as well as for the Afghans.

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