Feinstein Blasts Obama For Poo-Pooing Gen. McChrystal's Troop Recommendations (Video)

Senator Dianne Feinstein (Dem.- Calif.) blasted the Nobel Peace Winner today for ignoring his top general’s troop recommendations as soldiers continue to die in Afghanistan.

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Feinstein was on “This Week” this Sunday morning. (transcript)
ABC reported:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Feinstein, let me begin with you. You met with the president this week. He had a group of members of Congress and senators down to meet with him. And I — we — we know — and you saw Secretary Clinton say that, as well — the president seems to have ruled out immediate withdrawal… from Afghanistan or a major increase of troops, in the hundreds of thousands. But did he reveal anything else about his thinking? And what did you recommend to him?

FEINSTEIN: Well, what he revealed was his thinking up to this point, and that the fact that he wanted to hear from various members, and some of us spoke up. And I’ll tell you what I said. I reviewed all of the intelligence and looked at the situation, and it was pretty clear to me that violence was up 100 percent, 950 attacks in August. The Taliban now controls 37 percent of the people in the areas where these people are. Attrition in police is running 67 percent, either killed or leaving the service…

Now, if you’re going to stay, you have to have a way of winning. The question is, what is that way? And I think the counterinsurgency strategy, which means protecting the people, not shooting from afar, but securing, taking, holding, and providing security for a period of time is really critical…

FEINSTEIN: Now, should we stay there for 10, 12 years? General, I don’t think so. I don’t think the American people are up for that or want that. But I think — I don’t know how you put somebody in who was as crackerjack as General McChrystal, who gives the president very solid recommendations, and not take those recommendations if you’re not going to pull out.

If you don’t want to take the recommendations, then you — you — you put your people in such jeopardy, just like the base in Nuristan. We lost eight of our men. We didn’t have the ability to defend them, and now the base is closing, and effectively we’re — we’re retreating away from it. And so I think the decision has to be made sooner, rather than later.

More… Unlike Feinstein, most democrats shockingly support surrender in Afghanistan.

More… Far Left Former Sen. Bob Kerrey also attacked Obama today.

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