The Vietnamization of Iraq – The Narcissistic Legacy of Barack Obama

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RedState: The Vietnamization of Iraq – The Narcissistic Legacy of Barack Obama

By: imperfectamerica (Diary) | August 11th, 2014 at 08:15 AM

 

A president’s job is tough. And that goes for any president. Aside from being in charge of an organization that employs millions of people and is responsible for the expenditure of trillions of dollars, he is the Commander in Chief. And it is in that area that no doubt weighs most heavily on presidential shoulders. The decision to send young men into battle where you know for an absolute certainty that some will not return must be an extraordinarily difficult decision to make, even when, as in say the D-day landings or Afghanistan, the clarity of the line between good and evil is as stark as between black and white.

 

For better or worse, that is one of the roles that a president signs up for when he takes the oath of office. Thankfully,