Response to "El Presidente and Afghanistan" piece from a friend

"Obama should disengage from Afghanistan. Why are we there? Where is Osama?..."


Greg Wright

Dear friends,

It's a little self-serving :-), but below you'll find an e-mail that was sent to me by a buddy, regarding the post called "El presidente and Afghanistan".

Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus
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Djata,

That was a very thoughtful blog post sir. I liked that very much. Bush got us into so much of a mess there -- he should have concentrated on Afghanistan-Pakistani border where Osama likely was but noooo he had to add Iraq to the mix.

I was a reporter and covered several funerals at Arlington. Every funeral you cover affects you deeply, especially when the soldier is fresh out of high school. A lot are just babies. Obama should disengage from Afghanistan. Why are we there? Where is Osama? Bush could have sent in smaller tactical forces to hunt him down. Instead he waged a war. Isn't that like using a jackhammer to do surgery instead of a scalpel.

Greg Wright