Charlie Rose : Bob Woodward on Obamas Wars

I already said a little bit about this on facebook, but this interview is frightening and I'll tell you why. There comes a point mid way in the conversation where Charlie Rose is trying to reason with Woodward and saying something to the effect of "so you're telling me that the reason that Obama made the decision to add 40,000 troops was because the military didn't have any other option or because the National Security Advisor didn't give him the option?" and then he tries to answer but it befuddles even Woodward. There is a series of moments like that in this interview, where Charlie Rose is trying to wrap his head around a couple of things here and so is Woodward but it's left in this ether. What's going to happen? Where is this leading? What does it mean to our national security interests that we're bombing Afghanistan when the bad guys are in Pakistan which is repeatedly referred to as a "powder keg" by Woodward. Ok kids, when Bob Woodward who has 'better sources than the President' is getting a little personally freaked out by what's happening and says that this is a defining moment not only in the history of Obama's Presidency but also the collective US history. Why does this whole 2012 'end of the world' thing sound a least a bit more plausible after watching this interview?