SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Pakistan (SR) - The leader of the pro-Taliban forces fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Sirajuddin Haqqani, posted a recorded statement on an enemy jihadist website this morning saying that his forces have decided to "take some time off."
"We've been spending a lot of time in that dirty dung heap next door (Afghanistan), and my guys want to go home and get some things done - maybe take their families on a nice vacation," Haqqani said. "We'll be back in Afghanistan sometime probably around 2013."
A number of Republicans in Washington are pointing to Haqqani's statement as proof that President Obama's announcement last night that all U.S. forces will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2013 was, as one called it, an "unbelievably stupid and naive strategic blunder."
A White House spokesperson today called the enemy's vacation timetable "an obvious coincidence."
My comments: Wow, with that kind of advanced military strategic thinking, it's hard to believe Barry was a community organizer just a few years ago! It'll be interesting to see how this "send more troops but tell your enemy when they're leaving" strategy works out!
