President Obama: The Dark Knight

Obama's War Plan Under Scrutiny

ITWOD Press, Washington-
Yesterday, President Barack Obama finally gave a long awaited address for his plans in Afghanistan after three months of deliberation. In October, General Stanley McChrystal, the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force and Commander,U.S. Forces Afghanistan, released his recommendations for a plan for the war calling on 4 options, all of which required an increase in troops to Afghanistan. Due to this, many pundits, myself included, thought President Obama would pick from these plans, increasing forces by a minimum of 30,000 troops. However, in his address at West Point, Obama revealed he had chosen a fifth option for the war.
“Considering the Taliban and al-Quida's ability to move anywhere, most notably their history of crossing the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, we simply can not track them down. We can not move into Pakistan. They are out of our jurisdiction so to speak. It is our hopes that Batman will take up this call as he has no legal boundaries.”
With this shocking announcement, Obama retorted that troop levels will begin to decrease beginning the summer of 2010, as Batman rounds remaining Taliban and al-Quida members up and brings them to justice. “This will allows us to better train Afghans in both policing and nation building, smartly de-Americanizing the effort,” the President said to the West Point Cadets. “This is not just our war. Our friends have shed blood as well. Their courages efforts will be able to be eased, as it is a prudent decision to allow NATO troops to also be sent home in the beginning of 2010.”
Criticisms of this announcement have come today on Capitol Hill, voiced most vehemently two Republicans, New York Senator Harvey Dent and Illinois Senator Joe Kerr. Dent views Obama's decision as a coin flip.
“We are taking a 50-50 chance here,” the Senator said, “True Batman could help a great deal, but what if he has just been showing a good face over the years. War is hell, and the pressures Batman will be facing can turn a man into from a peaceful liberator into ruthless villain. We have seen this with some of our troops, who have displayed random acts of aggression on Afghani civilians. We could wind up seeing Batman's ugly side.”
Senator Kerr also holds skepticism towards Batman's limits stating, “The Batman plan will change things, yes. But what happens if things don't go according to the plan? It would bring more chaos to the area. Batman does have limits. These terrorist have no limits. Once they find out these limits it will be like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object. True, he has no boundary limits, but he will be at war. They are suicide bombers, he will have to break his from his morales. How can one man, even if it is Batman, bring all of al-Quida to justice?”
Like it or not Obama's plan will be in affect starting in the beginning of 2010. If Batman can bring al-Quida and the Taliban to justice, it will certainly brighten the future of the Middle East.