This article is talking about Obama's plan to withdraw 17,000 troops from Iraq and place them in Afghanistan. Currently, Iraq is "peaceful" and Afghanistan is becoming a threat to America. Obama stated during his campaign that he would shift America’s military effort away from Iraq. Obama is following through with his promise. Obama is shifting his attention from Iraq to Afghanistan: the greater of the two evils.
There seems to be unsettling feeling dealing with Obama's plan. The article states that this plan by Obama could leave Iraq in a state of instability. This would be caused by the troops being withdrawn within the next sixteen months which is deemed to be too soon. Commanders in Iraq are worried that Iraqi insurgents will attack due to the security gap that was caused from the quick withdrawal.
Obama believes that withdrawing from Iraq will "responsibly drawdown our forces in Iraq" allowing "us the flexibility to increase our presence in Afghanistan." The troops that are going to Afghanistan are not being deployed from Iraq. These troops were Iraq-bounded but have changed course to go to Afghanistan. The Afghani bound troops are going to southern-Afghanistan due to the worsen security situation that has developed over the course of the last year.
Obama is excising his right as Commander-in-Chief because Obama stated that there was a direct threat from Al Qaeda to America and this was a major factor in his decision making. Obama was quoted saying “The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action” and that “The Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan, and al Qaeda supports the insurgency and threatens America from its safe-haven along the Pakistani border.” Obama's orders for the troop switch appears to be for the greater good of his fellow Americans thus Obama is doing his job as Commander-in-Chief which is too command American militia.
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