09/22/09:Ralph Peters on Obama's Afghanistan

" Might -- six by WD JJ. August 30 that's when the crystal report was sent to Washington. That is three weeks ago that Obama has had a single. Meetings since then he says he hasn't reached a conclusion I suppose because he's been in our reserve time preparing for Letterman and speeches. The -- schooled children that he hasn't been able. To focus on the war in which our soldiers are in the field. Getting shot out."

" According laws that. It's 939. I am Michael Graham coming up later in the show battle Royale over -- Dawn it's an astonishing story that says so much about where America is look at that later on -- we're talking about the discovery this weekend. That President Obama. Had doesn't have a strategy in Afghanistan he has soldiers there is people getting killed there but he doesn't have a strategy there even after announcing that he did."

" And now we now know thanks for The Wall Street Journal the New York in the Washington Post that the president doesn't want gentleman crystal to even deliver. The full study is wanna see his to his his strategy is to stick it's because he's using go Bob Bob Bob Bob like and here you go Bob Bob Bob Bob. Is that a way to win a war let's ask. Ralph Peters one of the in my opinion best military analysts not to mention novelists. Working today -- new novel is the war after Armageddon. Ralph welcome back to 969 of --"

" And it always great to speak junior you're great audience. And hate you couldn't read about this problem with -- with Obama stiff arming the critical on the New York Post over a month ago."

" I should've been there from their -- mistake."

" That's seriously. This shameful. The events he has Obama toward. Peace at a month ago that you get a new strategy which it competence."

" He never the strategy."

" He assigned general crystal Mission Impossible. To turn. Basically to turn on Afghanistan in the Cambridge Massachusetts. Well guess what."

" Oh we want to insult the Afghan people like that well I don't know if."

" If you think it may have been inside a court to -- this. -- but but seriously looking at trying to journalists it impossible mission. And now the sort of the general the resources -- and -- needs my help I believe it's the wrong mentioned. I think we should get back to when -- back get back where we want to belong to focus on killing our enemies would listen -- smaller lethal force but. The president is not going to change the mission."

" Then he needs to give the general resources he asks I'll tell you any decision is better than -- Obama is."

" You know everybody -- that bush is cohesive -- what we needed decider right now. Soldiers and Marines and navy corpsman are dying because this White House is afraid."

" To make a decision."

" Yeah or talked to over to retired lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters his new novel is a war after Armageddon. Yeah micro."

" Popular RE TTE. Doesn't stand for retired not --"

" Okay but but but you know he can do both -- there are -- Do you get you make a great point about you'll pick a strategy induce on the because when I see at play here is senator. Present the guy who voted to 160 times present rather than take the position. Is trying to vote present on the harm that he is exposing Americans to in combat."

" Well Michael -- Let me be very clear earlier this. I support John McCain but the American people at the behest the establishment media elected President Obama. He's our president I want him to do well. I'm not been pushing to drag -- down but this -- is the dog the content or track all his life but spent learning how to beat -- to look at her office."

" He did anything -- at any level to do to win this next election. -- he becomes the big the brasserie he's the president."

" But he doesn't understand reform policy and in the in the military doesn't understand history differently doesn't understand Washington either because he didn't pay accuses senator Lott and -- So we've got a guy. Who just doesn't know what to do."

" It's -- dollar -- it's on the job training which wouldn't matter if the job that includes sending guys out to get shot at. By a whack job Taliban. And I noticed about this I always argued. That the war in Afghanistan was the small potatoes war the war that really mattered was Iraq not because -- was connected to -- level -- at all but because. You're never going to solve the problem of terrorism pouring out of the Middle East. In -- the Middle East changes until the culture there changes which is a long hard slog in Iraq is a key step in and MMI missing the point two."

" Michael you have agreed on this from the start Afghanistan. The only reason because Afghanistan. Is to use it as a base to reach across the border to Pakistan and kill al-Qaeda and its affiliates that's it. Iraq matters you know whether or not aware people -- obligations. The objective truth is that Iraq matters because he took a partial access and Bristol if you partial success in Iraq."

" Can influence the entire Arab world and the greater Middle East nothing nothing nobody looks to Afghanistan as an example."

" And a -- six point in my column payment are -- book."

" Imagine. The feds raid. Flea bag motel with them for a a mob has been hanging out that killed some of them."

" Bust the -- to them but on the mobsters get away. They've got to the choice do you continue to pursue the optimist would you renovate the hotel that we chose to renovate the motel it's just not. And we cannot succeed in Afghanistan because the Afghan people don't want what we want I mean we can't succeed commission has been built in -- world can't expect. It would reduce the mission to continuing to pound kill capture and terrorize our opponents of the terrorists that can be done. But the president has to figure this out and make a decision to -- because right now -- we both had. Young. Service members braves service members are dying for nothing because there is no strategy."

" And the president is afraid to make a decision."

" And let's also point out that there is -- there isn't really such a thing as Afghanistan what there is a little piece of the world but nobody else wants to chunk of the world that Iraq Turkey Iran and no I'm -- Iran Turkey nobody wants this part of the world's lives of its its -- Peace and it's all tribal there is no national identity of an -- of an Afghan."

" That apple write or email. Afghanistan in the territorial accident of where other people's borders and it's the only natural borders beyond -- river the so called the animal Daria. In the northeast the classical don't --"

" But otherwise. It's just the brits went as far as they could -- it was weeks -- order was farther west. It's ticket just crazy and he and look."

" Which going to build equity and military."

" But we're asking -- appeals to different in the courts. It's at the door to different entities African terms."

" To rot they don't feel loyalty to this -- disgraceful Karzai government in Kabul the feel loyalty to their -- And there is no way we can build this out and make it work if we -- an actual fiscal and Michael we -- again."

" The -- at their peak."

" And I almost a 140000 troops tend to thousands of civilian advisers of their inner agency process to work as they can order people ago did Gary impact of the speakers."

" They had an Afghan military in the 1988 of over 300000. Man with tanks."

" And aircraft and they still lost art -- help but that was the deciding factor the deciding factor was."

" Afghans did the -- one of them don't want and the scandal we're willing to die for their heritage no matter how ugly I think it is same applies today."

" One last question. And I appreciate your time guitar Ralph Peters is new novel the war after Armageddon. -- you you become president of the United States through some bizarre. Plot is pretty I would support a by the way what do you do right now given where we are with this report from the crystal -- the the leaked now desire for 40000 troops -- president knowing that his. -- for his let left flank is never gonna support that what you do."

" What to do is change the mission in Afghanistan. -- focus on killing -- and otherwise destroying our enemy. You reduce the force to -- 120000. -- Completely supported by -- not that torture supply route to Pakistan. Which puts our troops to Pakistan's mercy. You have a special horses at the court. You ladies. Airpower. And that intelligence personnel and nothing special forces to do rated provides security. That's it you're not focused on teaching better dental hygiene. It doesn't help. The focus on killing enemy that's why we went to Afghanistan in the first place but as you observed Michael Afghanistan. Itself it's worth it's just simple piece of dirt. So get back. -- focus on defeating America's enemies and forget nation building where there's no nation to bill."

" Retired lieutenant colonel Ralph Peters the book is the war after Armageddon thanks much for joining us 672 to 1969 pound -- it's time for Verizon Wireless customers. The president says this weekend. Nine months in his presidency after you know a death after adept at the death by of American military personnel in Afghanistan -- he doesn't have a strategy. Your reaction Sierra 969 WTKK."

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