BIZARRE – AT 9:05 A.M. ET:   There is something terminally weird about an administration that constantly tells America's enemies exactly what it is going to do.  Nations form huge intelligence networks to learn that information.  The Obamans give it away.  The political left applauds their kindness and generosity.  From Newsmax: 

President Barack Obama made a "big mistake" in announcing a timeline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, says Rep. Peter King.

Obama said Tuesday that the United States will leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after this year, and withdraw most of them by 2016.

"That just gives the enemy the opportunity to plan their strategy," King a Republican from New York, said Tuesday on CNN's "Out Front with Erin Burnett."

King was one of many Republicans who slammed Obama's announcement. Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire jointly called the decision irresponsible and a "triumph of politics over strategy."

Watch Kelly Ayotte carefully.  She's a rising star in Republican ranks, who might be a presidential choice one day.  She has taken the place of Joe Lieberman in the trio of McCain, Graham and Lieberman, on foreign and defense policy. 

"The president came into office wanting to end the wars he inherited. But wars do not end just because politicians say so," the three senators said. "The president appears to have learned nothing from the damage done by his previous withdrawal announcements in Afghanistan and his disastrous decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Iraq.

They said that Obama's announcement "will embolden our enemies and discourage our partners in Afghanistan and the region. His decision on Afghanistan will fuel the growing perception worldwide that America is unreliable, distracted, and unwilling to lead."

The more responsible move was a "limited-assistance mission" to aid the security forces, they said. The move would "preserve momentum on the battlefield and create conditions for a negotiated end to the conflict.King said he doubts that the number of troops being left in Afghanistan is sufficient for the United States to carry out intelligence operations outside of Bagram and Kabul.

Obama said in Tuesday's White House remarks that Americans have learned it is easier to get into a war than out of one. King called that statement "condescending … as if we were in Afghanistan as some sort of lark."

The United States went to war with al-Qaida in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks.

COMMENT:  King and the other Republicans get it right.  And King is certainly right in referring to Obama as condescending.  That is his standard mask.  He really believes himself to be better than his country.  It is the basis of his mediocrity and downfall.

May 28, 2014