Obama's war strategy speech (Video) Are we Spread to Thin?

Last night, before a packed crowd at Westpoint Military School, president Obama unveiled the administrations new plan/war strategy for Afghanistan. Many claim the speech sounded eerily similar to George W. bush's war speech during his presidency.

What is going on? Are we spread to thin? Why are we there?

These are just a few questions people are asking, but the question I am asking is this, "Are we spreading ourselves to thin?" With this new deployment of troops to Afghanistan, there will only be about 20,000 troops left in the United States to protect our entire country from attack. That equals out to about 700 troops per state, are you kidding me? What happened to Obamas campaign promises of ending the wars? (Let's not forget about his promises of going after big banks when he in fact endorsed the FED.) As time goes on, people are beginning to realize Obama has been bought and sold by foreign interest. (I am now done with my rant and will go back to the current issue at hand) After the presidents speech, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was quoted in an interview on Larry King Live as saying, "I feel bad for the president, I feel bad for the troops." He also said "Who are we fighting, there are only 100 Al-Queda left, what are we doing there, this is ridiculous." Then, just today on Capitol Hill congress sharply criticized President Obama's plan to start a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in July 2011. President Obama's popularity amongst the American people has fallen dramatically as well. When I asked Arnold Charles Rode IV, a political historian, if there was any truth to these claims he replied, " You don't need to look at the polls or take a census, people are upset. Everywhere I go someone is upset about this administration, most of the people I know voted for Obama and they wish they hadn't." The new deployment, estimated to cost $30 billion a year, will bring the number of U.S. service members in Afghanistan to roughly 100,000. NATO allies are expected to add at least another 5,000 troops to the 40,000-plus they already have contributed to the U.S.-led mission. The new strategy is designed to eliminate Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and help the Afghan government defeat the Taliban insurgency, while bolstering Pakistan's anti-terrorism efforts. Facing opposition from many in his liberal base, Obama cited the security threat to the U.S. and its allies to explain the need to increase troops. He also said he would ask NATO allies for additional troops.

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