West Point, NY–  Speaking from West Point on Tuesday Obama announced his intention to launch a massive and unprecedented rescue mission in which he will dispatch up to 30,000 U.S. troops deep into the heart of Afghanistan in hopes of bringing back the 70,000 or so soldiers currently trapped in hostile territory.

“The time for action is now,” Obama said while speaking in front of a group of cadets at West Point. ” We can no longer sit and wonder when our men and women stationed behind enemy lines will be returning home to their families. Which is why I am setting in motion a plan to send a clandestine team of 30,000 rescue troops into Afghanistan to free these brave men and women, finally bringing an end to the injustices they have endured during the last eight years”.

This announcement could not have come sooner for families of the U.S. troops abroad, some of whom have loved ones that have been in Afghanistan for over fourteen months. Troops who have been doing anything they could to survive through a quagmire imposed upon them by the people of Afghanistan when they allowed nineteen Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, and United Emirate hijackers to attack the U.S. on September 11, 2001.

Obama went on to express regret that diplomacy had failed to bring these troops home and assured the U.S. public that his administration considered “every possible action” before deciding that the only sure way to bring home as many men and women possible was to send in additional troops to rescue the troops as well as help with the packing and carrying of wounded soldiers supplies and personal belongings.

Senior administration officials said Tuesday that this was the “largest effort” to bring American troops home from Afghanistan since 2001 and sends a clear message to any enemy of U.S. that we will “no longer idly sit by as they continue in their efforts to defend themselves”.

Obama said that he does not intend to keep the troops in Afghanistan a moment longer than it would take to accomplish the objectives of the mission which include securing all troops and defeating anyone determined to be an enemy, before swiftly instituting country wide infrastructure and a working Afghan government to ensure that the few remaining enemies of the U.S. don’t try to “pull another stunt like this ever again”.

President Obama finished his speech with a bold guarantee to bring home the troops in Afghanistan and end a seemingly endless war.

“We cannot and shall not fail in this historic mission to bring these troops home safe. It will not be easy, it never is. But I can guarantee you that this mission will be a success, I will bring these soldiers home by 2011 or, at the very latest, by the time that the war is over”.