President looking for new troop options

'Pres. Obama met today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for just the second time since taking office' and ask yourself what is this President doing with his time. We learned yesterday he has spent '20 hours' on Afghanistan and now learn this is only the SECOND time he has met with the Joint Chiefs on a war that he said is the real war not Iraq.

Believe the title 'Slacker in Chief' fits this President to a tee. Any President who spends more time playing golf then on the Afghanistan War where we have troops dying while he dithers, is not much of a Commander in Chief in our estimation. One thing is for sure, he will never be compared to LBJ who micromanaged the Vietnam War. In fact, he cannot be compared to any President because past President's have not been this lazy. They have made some wrong decisions but this guy wants to vote 'Present' not even make a decision.

In ten months he has managed to make Pres Carter look good which was no small feat. A lot could be said about Carter policy's and people that surrounded him but word 'lazy' was never something you could use against Carter. In fact, he is anything but lazy as witnessed the number of homes he has personally helped build for Habitat for Humanity.

President looking for new troop options
Friday, October 30, 2009 6:45 PM
by Chuck Todd

From NBC's Chuck Todd and Jim Miklaszewski

Pres. Obama met today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for just the second time since taking office. The president grilled the commanders on strategy and troop requests for Afghanistan during the nearly three hour meeting, but no final decision were made, according to both senior White House and Pentagon officials

In fact, the president has asked the Joint Chiefs to come back to the White House possibly as early as next week to present him with more options. The president is not happy with the choices that he has in front of him, which include Gen. Stanley McCrystal's request for approximately 40,000 more troops. So in the last few weeks, the White House asked the Pentagon to draw up more plans and when ready have the Joint Chiefs present the options formally to the president at the next meeting.

While nothing has been ruled out, the fact the president is asking for more options than what was already on the table, including the 40,000 troop request, is a strong sign that whatever number the president approves, it will likely be less than than 40,000 number. In fact, sources tell NBC News that at least one commander in the meeting today told the president there was a concern that the military was a bit stretched, something that may have had a big impact on the Commander in Chief.

As for timing, it's ALSO looking less likely the president will make a decision (let alone ANNOUNCE a decision) before he leaves for Asia on Nov. 11, a self-imposed soft deadline the White House had hoped to meet.

Excertp: MSNBC First Read