Could Obama Lose Afghanistan?
A stupid way of framing the question...especially considering it isn't just Obama's fight, but all of ours...
Nevertheless, not holding Obama's feet to the fire on this issue is doing him and us a huge disservice. Bush was forced by the media and the democrats to continuously define why we were in Iraq, what our goals were, and how we were to achieve those goals. Obama hasn't been rhetorically tested at all. He argues, basically, that Af-Pak is the center of terror activity and thus we should have tons of troops there trying to win. But win what? At what cost? To what end?
Who are we fighting there - The Taliban or Al Queda? What is our goal? Why was our prior strategy failing? Who cares if the Taliban were taking back territory if Al Queda was being kept in check by our small group of Special Forces? Why go "all-in" on this hand?
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