The biggest dope of them all

Today's prize to the biggest dope of them all goes to Wisconsin Democrat David Obey. In a week dominated by the healthcare debate and Obama's futile trip to China, Obey wins for his remarks on Afghanistan. This morning Obey opined that the USA was "being asked to get involved in a civil war [in Afghanistan] just like in Vietnam, and, also like in Vietnam we do not have a reliable partner" in the Afghan government.

Where to start? Obey says that we are bing asked to get involved? How dumb is that. Last time I looked, the USA has been involved in the Afghan war since 2001 when we entered the country to drive out those who facilitated the attacks of 9-11. So Obey is off by 8 years in his timing. Then Obey claims it is a civil war. Again, this is nonsense. The US involvement is part of the global war on terrorism that the Obamacrats want to rename into something like "the foreign contingency action that has nothing to do with Islamic terrorism". Nevertheless, the US is not taking part in a civil war, but a global one. That is why we have drones attacking in Pakistan. Indeed, it is futile to try to list all of the fronts of this war.

Then Obey pulls out the Vietnam reference which seems to be the beginning and end of his understanding of foreign policy. All wars are Vietnam to Obey. Look, any idiot is allowed to have his view, but the troubling thing is that Obey is an important part of the Obamacrat hierarchy that will decide policy in Afghanistan.

I fear for the republic.