WOULDN'T YOU? - AT 8:22 P.M. ET:  A new Fox poll has still more bad news for The One.  It seems the American people, for some foolish reason, trust General McChrystal more than President Obama on deciding Afghanistan strategy.  I don't know.  What's happening to this country, when a man whose military experience consists of speaking at anti-war rallies isn't trusted on military strategy?  The Fox report:

A slim 43 percent plurality of Americans now disapproves of the job Barack Obama is doing on Afghanistan, an increase from the 32 percent who disapproved last month. Only Democrats, at 63 percent, assign positive marks to the president on Afghanistan, compared with 20 percent of Republicans and 38 percent of independents. All in all, 41 percent of Americans approve of the president's handling of Afghanistan, down from 51 percent.

Part of the reason for this shift on the handling of the Afghan conflict may be that a sizable majority of Americans (67 percent) thinks the Obama administration has not "clearly explained" what the U.S. is trying to achieve there. Even a 54 percent majority of Democrats holds this view.

Yeah, an occasional explanation would be lovely.  Don't you think?

Regarding next steps in Afghanistan, Americans are much more likely to trust the top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal (62 percent) over President Obama (22 percent).

Those are numbers that Code Pink could get.

Our foreign policy is failing all over.  Our military policy is in the hands of a man who described Iran as a "small country," and we're in deep trouble.

October 16, 2009