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It's time to call a spade a spade. President Obama's refusal to heed the advice of the general fighting the war in Afghanistan is just one more example of why he is as unfit to be the commander-in-chief of our military forces as I am.

He has waffled on making a decision about sending the reinforcements the general requested for over two months now. Two months while our troops are fighting for their lives! And let's not forget that he has made their task harder by issuing Rules of Engagement that restrict their ability to use air or artillery support if there's a chance some civilians might be killed or injured in the process. Is that any way to fight a war?

And if that isn't enough, he's scuttling our anti-ballistic missile defense program and trying hard to deplete or eliminate our arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Richard T. Seymour, Baltimore

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