Obama’s Afghanistan Decision Is Straining Ties With Democrats

Some democrats feel the strain that the decision to send more troops in Afghanistan will place on them (read the article in the NY Times!). So why Obama is not feeling it? Or maybe more to the point, why even if he knows that this decision is at odds with is electoral platform he's still doing it? Eisenhower is always haunting us with what he said in 1961

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial comple

Ordinary citizens and some democrats witness the pile up of broken promises by Obama. Is there hope at the end? If you read what Eisenhower said in 1961, it's pretty gloomy. It will take a man of utmost conviction to reverse this. Obama is not gonna be that man. Sorry folks!