Who was happy with Obama's speech if the Democrats were largely disappointed?  Looks like once again he struck out with a prime time speech.  

Obama ran for office in July 2007 saying "It is time to bring our troops home"  but that did not happen and to make it worse for Democrats opposing the war and the surge.  Almost four years later we have this comment summing up the frustration with the candidate who made promises he didn't keep:

"[W]e'll have twice as many combat troops in Afghanistan at the end of his term than we did at the beginning. We should instead have a path to bring those troops home," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.).

Since taking office in January 2009, Obama has nearly tripled the number of American troops fighting in the decade-old war. When he entered the White House, there were 34,000 troops in the country. Now there are nearly 100,000.  Looks like the Democrat candidate that the media were touting as the 'man who could walk on water' have a problem on their hands.  How do they spin there are going to be more troops at the end of his time in office then when he took office?

This has the potential of Afghanistan being a total disaster but then under Obama, the Middle East has blown up so nothing would shock us.  Guess he thought after they got Bin Laden everyone would lay down their arms and sing "kumbyya" which hasn't happened.

This is what happens when you elect a person with little to no experience -- serving as a community organizer, in the IL Senate, and US Senate does not give anyone the experience to be President and it has been a bad experiment.  Being a member of Congress does not prepare someone to be President.

Democrats Largely Disappointed With Obama's Afghanistan Announcement

First Posted: 06/22/11 09:37 PM ET Updated: 06/22/11 10:17 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- Democratic lawmakers who have been pressing for a sizable and significant withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan almost universally expressed disappointment with President Barack Obama's speech on Wednesday night.

The president told the nation in a prime time address that 10,000 U.S. troops will be leaving the war by the end of 2011, with another 23,000 coming out by autumn of 2012. The drawdown will fully remove the troops that went in as part of the "surge" that Obama announced in his 2009 speech at West Point. Approximately 68,000 troops will still be fighting in the war.

Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters on Tuesday that the president needed to put forward, at a minimum, an initial withdrawal of 15,000 troops -- a number that Obama fell short of -- to meet his promise of a "significant" drawdown. 

"The president's decision represents a positive development, although in my view the conditions on the ground justify an even larger drawdown of U.S. troops this year than the president announced tonight," he said in a statement after the speech. "I will continue to advocate for an accelerated drawdown in the months ahead, and for enhanced training and partnering with Afghan forces, because only they can provide durable security for their nation." 

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who has been a vocal supporter of a robust withdrawal, also said president's announcement was not what she had been hoping for. "It has been the hope of many in Congress and across the country that the full drawdown of U.S. forces would happen sooner than the President laid out -- and we will continue to press for a better outcome," she said. 

"[W]e'll have twice as many combat troops in Afghanistan at the end of his term than we did at the beginning. We should instead have a path to bring those troops home," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). Merkley, along with Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), was one of the authors of a letter calling for a "sizable and sustained reduction" of military forces in Afghanistan, which garnered the support of 27 senators. Merkley said he would consider an initial reduction of 15,000 to 20,000 troops to be sizable.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is one of the co-sponsors of the Safe and Responsible Redeployment of United States Combat Forces from Afghanistan Act, legislation that would require Obama to submit a plan to Congress by July 31 for the phased redeployment of U.S. combat forces, including a completion day.

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