MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT

MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT

By:John LeBoutillier


The following Memo to the President was emailed to him at 10:00am
Tuesday morning:

MEMO

TO: THE HONORABLE. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
FR: FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEBOUTILLIER
RE: CHANGE YOUR SPEECH TONIGHT AT WEST POINT - NOW

Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 10:00 AM

Mr. President, I urge you—before you depart this afternoon for West
Point—to scrap your speech and the troop escalation the Pentagon and
CIA have pressured you to adopt.

Instead, what you should do—to the overwhelming applause of the Left,
Center and Right here in the USA—and the Afghan people, too—is to
announce a simple and stunning new American strategy tonight:

“Bring to any American forces stationed in Afghanistan both Osama bin
Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri—dead or alive—and we will then pack up and
leave Afghanistan within 60 days.”

That plan, Mr. President, would solve multiple problems:

1) It would decapitate Al Qaeda and end its ability to threaten us;

2) It would give a definitive purpose to our seemingly never-ending
mission in Afghanistan;

3) It encourages the Afghan people—and maybe some Pakistanis, as well—
to help us so that we will leave them alone; they will suddenly decide
to stop protecting these two mass-murderers and instead grab them or
give them up to us;

4) Politically, here at home, you will be applauded by all sides—
instead of being called Bush III.

Do this tonight, Mr. President, at West Point, in front of those
wonderful young cadets and you will once again represent hope and
change.

However, if you proceed with the Surge that White House officials say
you are to announce tonight, Afghanistan will bedevil you for the rest
of your presidency.

Have the courage to scrap the speech already written—and announce this
bold and simple plan: give us Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri and we’ll
leave for good within 60 days.

Sincerely,

John LeBoutillier




"Published originally at EtherZone.com
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