Obama Rejects War Options
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — President Obama "does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government," the AP reports. ...

With Obama Rejecting All Afghan War Options, Specialist Says “To Split the Insurgency, Put Withdrawal on the Table”
Firedoglake — ... [UPDATE: Within the hour, Rachel Maddow has spoken with an AP reporter who has a "senior administration official" saying that President Obama has rejected all four options for a change in Afghan War strategy presented to him by his national security team. The sticking point: Obama reportedly wants more planning for how and when control is turned over to the Afghan government. ...

MSNBC: Official: Obama Rejects War Options. “President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any o…
Instapundit — ... MSNBC: Official: Obama Rejects War Options. “President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. “ ...

Smartest guy in the room on Afghanistan
Ace of Spades HQ — Smartest guy in the room on Afghanistan If this is true then just about all the worst fears we had about Obama as Commander in Chief are coming true. WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. He has already had the advice of his entire military chain of command with a near unanimous call for for reinforcements to ...

Afghanistan Mission Creep Watch - The Karl Eikenberry, I Could Kiss You Version
democracyarsenal.org — ... Earlier tonight I was preparing to come home and write a long and anguished blog post about how President Obama was on the verge of sending his presidency off a cliff by approving the dispatching of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. So you can imagine my gleeful surprise when I came home to read this: ...

Obama Sends Aides Back To The Drawing Board On Afghanistan
Below The Beltway — Despite previous reports, it seems that the future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan is far form set: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Obama still is close to announcing his revamped war strategy, most likely shortly after he returns from a trip to Asia that ends on Nov. 19. ...

The Dodger In Chief Decides Not To Accept Any Recommendations On Afghanistan
Pirate's Cove — There was only so far I could milk the use of “The Decider” in a sarcastic tone when applied to Barack H. Obama. Henceforth, he shall be known as “The Dodger In Chief.”  And The Dodger is doing his normal on Afghanistan President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. OK, he isn’t going to accept any plan provided to him. What is his ...

Advance To The Rear!
Jules Crittenden — ... It’s not quite a strategic retreat, more of a retreat into strategizing as Obama dithers about the dithering, informs his national security team it’s back to Square One. Scratch everything, back to the drawing board. He wants to stop thinking about the war but until he can figure out the peace part. OK, that may not be exactly how senior administration officials put it, but at this point, inaction speaks louder than words. via MSNBC  :  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, ...

Morning Briefs: Stuff You May Have Already Read Somewhere Else
Moonbattery — ... In related news, CinC PBO has reportedly rejected all recommendations to win the war in Afghanistan. He's still waiting for that, "Lose The War But Make Me Look Good" strategy. Or maybe he's thinking war is just a kind of college term paper, and it's okay for him to turn in it as late as he wants. ...

The Dodger In Chief Decides Not To Accept Any Recommendations On Afghanistan
Stop The ACLU — ... Posted on November 12, 2009 There was only so far I could milk the use of “The Decider” in a sarcastic tone when applied to Barack H. Obama. Henceforth, he shall be known as “The Dodger In Chief.” And The Dodger is doing his normal on Afghanistan President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. OK, he isn’t going to accept any plan ...

How we got to Zero: General Eikenberry's Hail Mary
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — ... At this moment, the president is reported have rejected all of the troop increases on the table, according to Associated Press at 12:02 am EDT, today, November 12. ...

Reports Say Obama Looking for ‘Ramp to Withdraw’ on Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh — ... Ambassador Eikienberry doesn’t trust the Karzai government. The AP is reporting that it’s had its desired affect. Pres. Obama is now rejecting all the current plans on the table for the next step in Afghanistan. So, the rewrite has begun. ...

Reports Say Obama Looking for ‘Ramp to Withdrawal’ on Afghanistan
Taylor Marsh — ... Ambassador Eikienberry doesn’t trust the Karzai government. The AP is reporting that it’s had its desired affect. Pres. Obama is now rejecting all the current plans on the table for the next step in ...

Obama to Dither Even More on Afghanistan
Blogs For Victory — This gets ever more painful to watch: President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. That stance comes in the midst of forceful reservations about a possible troop buildup from the U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, according to a second top administration official. In strongly worded ...

Barry's Afghanistan Strategy Is Apparent
JammieWearingFool — Commentary: Barry O is desperately seeking for a way to vote "Present" on the war in Afghanistan. While he dithers commanders in theater sit hand cuffed unsure of which strategy to employ and the service members assigned to the front lines wonder if John Kerry's haunting quote of being the last to die for your country is now becoming a reality. For a while I was giving Barry the benefit of a doubt regarding his decision regarding sending more troops to Afghanistan, but that benefit ran out long ago, to be replaced by a deep cynicism and now a downright firm belief that his ...

Sigh, Obama Rejects All Afghan Recommendations
The Jawa Report — November 12, 2009 Sigh, Obama Rejects All Afghan Recommendations Via MSNBC: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. Bummer. I hope you have some damn good ideas of your own Mr. President. Please consider that not only is the US perceived as an "invader" at times. There's another side to that coin. There are many ...

Rejects
Mudville Gazette — Official: Obama rejects war options because U.S. envoy resists troop increase, cites Karzai as problem. Ambassador Eikenberry's memos expressed "deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise, senior U.S. officials said." Hardly surprising news there, the Obama administration's first priority in Afghanistan has always been Hamid Karzai ...

Looking for a way out of Afghanistan?
The Reaction — ... If the AP report is true that President Obama has indeed rejected the options on the table for Afghanistan then this is very good news. My fear, however, is that Obama's looking for an off-ramp will involve a ramp-up first and he'll use the off-ramp language as a way to sell his surge to the American people. I hope I'm wrong. I want to do a we're-getting-the-heck-out-of-Afghanistan happy dance, but for now I'll settle for a cautious toe-tap. ...

Reason Morning Links: Lou Dobbs Quits, Square One in Afghanistan, Monopoly Movie
Hit & Run — ... A.P. reports that Obama has rejected all the Afghanistan options suggested by his national security team. U.S. advisor to Iraq could reap millions of dollars from affiliation with Norwegian oil company taking advantage of Kurdish oil rights he helped negotiate. Facebook status helps clear robbery suspect. Lou Dobbs quits CNN. Ridley Scott to make movie based on . . . Monopoly? ...

I Miss W.
small dead animals — I Miss W. The Lesson of the Taliban: an impoverished third world government can nurture and enable an attack on the financial and military centers of the most powerful nation the world has ever known - and emerge victorious. Is there nothing that Obama can't do? “President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday. ” ...

Searching for the Exit?
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... The scuttlebutt that’s coming out now in Washington is that President Obama doesn’t much like the plans for Afghanistan offered by his advisors: ...

A "a senior administration official" leaked that Obama is rejecting all the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team.
Althouse — The Obama administration continues its dithering and leaking.

Is Obama Getting Us Out Of Afghanistan After All-- Or Is This More Multi-Dimensional Chess?
DownWithTyranny! — ... What's the "cause that is greater than self" in our recent forays into foreign countries? Like, say, Iraq... or the continuing occupation of Afghanistan? Bush certainly never articulated it, except in terms of some kind of ugly primal blood lust that didn't work for many people outside the angry white South. But, frankly, I don't find Obama doing much better, which-- since he's a more introspective man than his predecessor-- may well explain the astounding new last night that all bets are off-- or may be. ...

It's On To Plan "E"
JustOneMinute — Per the AP Obama has rejected all four alternative Afghanistan strategies devised by his National Security team, which is deeply divided - Eikenberry, the current ambassador and retired three star general doesn't want to see any more troops until Karzai makes progress on corruption: The U.S. ambassador in Kabul sent two classified cables to Washington in the past week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that ...

Confirmed: President Obama wants the United States to fail in Afghanistan
Political Byline — ... it is quote obvious, that he just doesnot care. If he did, he would order a congressional investigation into the rampage and call it what it was, A TERRORIST ATTACK! But he does not do that; because he either secretly agrees with this mans actions or is at last sympathetic to the Jihadists cause. Of course, this doesn’t surprise me that you don’t get this; most socialists liberals are that dumb. Now comes the news of the confirmation of what I stated: ...

Hamlet-in-Chief: Obama loses the name of action
neo-neocon — ... Now comes the news that President Obama has rejected all “of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team.” Instead, he wants to clarify the exit strategy first, and turn over responsibility to an Afghan government that he simultaneously criticizes for being corrupt. ...

Obama Administration & Foreign Policy: Bookerista Views
Booker Rising — ... : "Associated Press is reporting today that Obama has rejected all Afghan war options before him and is instead seeking 'revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government.' Are you kidding me? Keep in mind that Obama has ZERO military experience and for all intent[s] and purposes Joe Biden is a borderline retard. These two jokers think they can come up with a better strategy than General McChrystal who is actually on the ground?" ...

Obama: Get me rewrite
MNpublius.com — ... I have a feeling that those on the right will disagree, but I have an enormous amount of respect for a decision Barack Obama just made concerning Afghanistan: He decided that none of the options he was being presented were acceptable, and asked military advisers to revise them. The AP reports: ...

Afghanistan: The Failure to Plan Is "The Plan"
AMERICAN DIGEST — ... In the months long soap-opera of 'deciding' about Afghanistan, it was yesterday revealed that Obama abruptly rejected all the previous Afghan war options. The “reason” given was because, wait for it, "The President seeks clarity on turnover to Afghan government." Reaction to this cold reboot of the “Afghanistan Decision Process” was as swift as it was muddled. From the right or the left or the center the reaction could be headlined in all the newspapers and Drudgesque websites of the world in one modern ...

WE’RE IN THE BEST OF HANDS
Midwest Conservative Journal — ... I’ll translate this one for you.  How can I pull the troops out and make my base happy while blaming George W. Bush for the resulting foreign policy fiasco? ...

It Could Be Worse; It Could Be Snowing
Vodkapundit — ... So the forceful decision in our War of Necessity is… Afghanistanization. Or something. Anyway, policy reviews going on since, supposedly, February, have resulted in this: ...

Obama Rejects All Bad Choices on Afghanistan
Liberal Values — ... When presented with various options for Afghanistan but none were satisfactory, Barack Obama had the guts to do the right thing and demand more choices. This shows a tremendous difference for his predecessor, who was so spineless and lacking in intellectual curiosity that he allowed the neoconservatives to call the shots after 9/11, regardless of how much harm their policies were doing to our country. No matter how badly things were going, Bush would never think of questioning what we were doing. ...