Well the McChrystal incident um, to me was very telling. And I think it's a reflection of frustration that a lot of our military leaders have with this administration and their prosecution of the war in Afghanistan.

Keep in mind, again, [inadudible] our federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This is not, this was not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. It was one of those, one of those areas on the total board of of foreign policy of the middle east, that you would be in the background, sort of shaping the, the changes that were necessary in Afghanistan, as opposed to directly engaging troops. But it was the President, who tried to be cute by half, by flipping the script, demonizing Iraq while saying the battle really should be in Afghanistan. Well if, if he's such a student of history, has he not understood that, you know, that's the one thing you don't do is engage in a land war in Afghanistan. Alright? Because everyone who has tried over a thousand years of history has failed. And there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan that do not [indaudible]

So now, for, for our candidates whether they're running for Congress or United States Senate, um, there is a whole text of resources available to them through our office, the RNC, through uh, congressional committee, the senatorial and congressional committees, and even some of the think tanks that help to frame those arguments, uh, so that, um you know, you you don't get stuck on the, well, George Bush, you know ... fill in the blank. And I think that that's gonna be very helpful. [inaudible] you can shoot them down with the facts. It's amazing what facts can do. You know? So .. but that's our reality.

The McChrystal event is indicative of what he claims, and hopefully that is behind us now.  But General McChrystal failed big time.  He needed to address his problems in a different way if he wanted to stay employed in his last job.  As to this war being Obama's choosing ummmmm....we were already there.  We were already there in such small numbers that we were about to be completely overrun the day Obama took office and he had to send 20,000 emergency troops in immediately or I guess send the helicopters and evacuate from the rooftops.  Whose feck up was all that?  Erm...Dubya and friends!

Erm...and battle really is in Afghanistan.  Iraq was not a failed state that had become the haven and ATM of Radical Islamic Terrorists who then attacked us on several occasions and finally in such a way on Dubyas watch that we could no longer look the other way.

"They'd also be interested to hear that the Chairman of the Democratic Party thinks we have no business in Afghanistan notwithstanding the fact that we are there because we were attacked by terrorists on 9-11," he continued. "And, the American people will be interested to hear that the leader of the Democratic Party thinks recent events related to the war are 'comical' and that he is betting against our troops and rooting for failure in Afghanistan. It's simply unconscionable that Tim Kaine would undermine the morale of our troops when what they need is our support and encouragement."