Where's the Commander-in-Chief?

War advisers must be candid but discreet - Gates | Reuters

It has been over a month since our top General in Afghanistan requested more troops. No answer. The silence is deafening.

Last week I watched the "60 Minutes" interview with Gen. McChrystal, and was impressed. No double-talk or other political BS. He just wants to be honest and serve his country as honorably as possible.

Unfortunately, Obama seems to want to delay action. I suppose all the effort to promote Chicago for a Summer Olympics was a more urgent priority than acting diligently and promptly to approve or deny a request for more troops. Given what we saw in his campaign, it should have been a no-brainer.

While running for office, Obama seemed exasperated that too much military attention had gone to Iraq and that Afghanistan is where the war should be fought. Now he's waffling. What's up with that?

Well, McChrystal is the Afghan man, not the entire Military. We have forces all over the world and we would be remiss if we didn't account for possible actions against Iran and North Korea, and probably a few small hot spots.

So, our Commander-in-Chief is probably trying to learn as much as he can about all the different scenarios, strategies, priorities, etc. ...or he's simply waiting for a more favorable time to announce something new. He's ok as long as we don't lose Afghanistan... if we lose, Obama will be blamed no matter who is in office at the time. So Obama had better get it right.