But rapidly deteriorating conditions and a widely disputed and unresolved election in Afghanistan gave the Obama administration pause and led to the current policy review.

“Having announced his Afghanistan strategy last March, President Obama now seems afraid to make a decision, and unable to provide his commander on the ground with the troops he needs to complete his mission,” (Cheney) said, calling on Obama to fulfill a promise he made in August to armed forces in a speech at the VFW to give them the support and resources need to get the job done.

“It’s time for President Obama to make good on his promise,” he said. “The White House must stop dithering while America’s armed forces are in danger.”

“Make no mistake, signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,” he added. “Waffling, while our troops on the ground face an emboldened enemy, endangers them and hurts our cause.”

Funny, I was just reading Steve Huntley’s Chicago Sun-Times column about all the things Obama and his people keep saying they inherited from Bush. A viable Afghan war strategy … never mind a pacified, Saddam-free Iraq … is not one of them. Huntley went on to note the O admin’s are hard at work on their own legacy of partisan divisiveness. It’s booming in a bull bitterness market, thanks in no small part to Obama’s compounded interest in blaming everything on other people.