Health Care and Afghanistan

After much debate the Democrats in the Senate passed the health care bill. The Democrats were able to break up the Republicans filibuster with the required 60 votes needed to pass the bill. This has been a long time coming; many kudos to President Obama for pulling it off! This has indeed been a tumultuous year for our new president. You have said that he’s taken on more than he can chew. If anything he’s proven that he’s a great multi-tasker.

It’s great to see the Democrats come together on one accord for the betterment of the party. President Obama worked for months tirelessly with Sen. Harry Reid the Democratic senator from the state of Nevada. The compromises that were necessary to get the health care bill to pass proved successful. It’s a good thing that this worked out because the Republicans will not give the president or the Democratic Party any Quarter.

While everybody is busy celebrating this victory we cannot yet rest on our laurels. Not to be one to cast aspersions on this great victory we can forget all of our brave soldiers who will be deployed to Afghanistan before Christmas. This is particularly sad and hopefully they will be brought back home. 30,000 young men and women will be sent into harm’s way and probably the most difficult time of the year. Our hearts go out to those families who will not have their loved ones home for Christmas.

While I am in unrepentant supporter of Pres. Obama, I’m not in agreement with this deployment. We all know that this is a mess that he inherited from the Bush administration. From all accounts it is said that there are fewer than 100 Al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan. I’m having a tough time seeing the logic to justify sending so many American troops into Afghanistan.

Pres. Obama said that if he sees that we are not gaining ground in the fight against terror in Afghanistan, he would make the appropriate adjustments and bring our troops home. I hope he’s true to his word. Some soldiers have been on second and third tours of duty in the Middle East. We all pray for their safe return and that their sacrifice is not in vain. From all of us here at Recovering Republican.com we would like to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!