It is my sincere hope that President Obama puts more stock in his military commanders than he does the extreme left wing of his party"
WASHINGTONU.S. Sen. John Cornyn R-Texas today made the following statement regarding MoveOn.orgs call on President Obama to develop an exit strategy" for Afghanistan.
MoveOn.org should be ashamed of itself for pressuring President Obama to take an action that would clearly put American lives at risk both in Afghanistan and here at home. Losing in Afghanistan would allow al Qaeda and its supporters to regain their foothold there and prepare to launch additional 9/11-style attacks on America. It is my sincere hope that President Obama puts more stock in his military commanders than he does the extreme left wing of his party. I have faith he will resist these calls from the left to retreat in Afghanistan because he recognizes that Afghanistan is the central front in the War on Terror and that winning there is critical to our national security."
Background
This is not the first time for MoveOn.org to push for wrongheaded national security decisions and attempt to undermine American military commanders. In 2007 the left-wing organization attacked the patriotism and integrity of General David Petraeus then commander of Multi-National Force-Iraq in a newspaper advertisement. Sen. Cornyn introduced an amendment strongly condemning MoveOns ad which passed the Senate overwhelmingly. The amendment reaffirmed the Senates support for all the men and women of the United States Armed Forces including General David H. Petraeus" and specifically repudiates the unwarranted personal attack on General Petraeus by the liberal activist group MoveOn.org."
Yesterday Sen. Cornyn wrote a letter to the President urging him not to abandon the very Afghanistan counterinsurgency strategy he began implementing just a few months ago to supply senior commanders in Afghanistan with any additional troops and resources they need and to stand firm on his promise to do whatever it takes to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The full text is available here.
