As the scheduled 2014 draw-down of U.S. troops in Afghanistan draws closer, a report of how Obama leaned on a select group of political operatives for foreign policy decisions--including decisions relating to Afghanistan--has been released.
This (Foreign Policy Magazine) report seems to confirm fears that Obama has approached foreign policy in ways similar to those followed by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson during the Vietnam War. Like JFK, Obama had a brain trust through whom all decisions were "funneled." And like LBJ, decisions were then made (or not made) based on how they would impact the political climate at home.....
FULL ARTICLE: Report: Obama Weighed Military Decisions Against Political Concerns
