Obama Emboldening the Enemy?

From the Kansas City Star.

In the Unfettered Letters section:

"Charles Krauthammer reports that Vice President Joe Biden and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel are cautioning President Obama that if he supports the recommendations of his commander in Afghanistan with additional troops, he risks being compared to President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Vietnam War (10/13, Opinion, “Afghan war forces Obama to make a real decision”).

The analogy is apt but for a different reason. Johnson was hesitant to support his commanders early in the Vietnam War and restrained them by control of tactics from Washington because he was afraid an all-out effort would jeopardize his “Great Society” social programs.

Does that scenario seem familiar? Is President Obama concerned that full support of the commander he appointed will alienate the liberal support he needs for health care? Johnson’s approach emboldened the enemy in Vietnam, and Obama’s approach is doing so now in Afghanistan."