Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Tuesday night she was pleased President Obama "mostly heeded" her advice for the war in Afghanistan.
In a posting on her Facebook page, Palin expressed qualified support for Obama's decision to send 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. At the same time, she voiced concern that Obama was sending fewer troops than Gen. Stanley McChrystal initially requested and disagreed with Obama's decision to set a target date for withdrawal.
In a posting on her Facebook page, Palin expressed qualified support for Obama's decision to send 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan. At the same time, she voiced concern that Obama was sending fewer troops than Gen. Stanley McChrystal initially requested and disagreed with Obama's decision to set a target date for withdrawal.
"Fewer troops mean assuming more risk," she wrote. "Talk of an exit date also risks sending the wrong message. We should be in Afghanistan to win, not to set a timetable for withdrawal that signals a lack of resolve to our friends, and lets our enemies believe they can wait us out."
"As long as we're in to win, and as long as troop level decisions are based on conditions on the ground and the advice of our military commanders, I support President Obama's decision," she said.
Palin also threw in a dig at Obama's record on the war in Iraq.
"Given that he opposed the surge in Iraq, it is even more welcome that he now supports a surge in Afghanistan," she said.
you know when I read stuff like this I think the US has some kind of collective personality disorder
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