Afghanistan

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Uh, no. They didn't spend a year developing the report. They report is where they stood when it was completed, 5 months after Petraeus took command, and may not even be valid now.
Your cutsie bumper sticker, is just a less than clever statement of your opinion, and has no bearing on the realities or consequences of any actions taken but the coalition in Afghanistan.

Oh, I'm sad it didn't appeal that much to you.

I'm not sure, how many countries from the original "coalition of the willing" are still in"?
People don't usually leave the winning team

As in the last years of the the Viet Nam war (for those of us old enough to remember ),
the situation seems very similar... militarily and politically.

Presidents have a very hard time getting past the "not on my watch" attitude.
So we hear more and more often from leaders that,
- even tho our troops have done everything we asked of them,
the war can not be won militarily, only politically and so it's now up to
[insert current favorite - Vietnamization / Afghanstanmization / Pakistanimization].

So rather than wait for a another political turning-point,
like the Tet Offensive, where we won the battle but lost the war
it's reasonable to support our troops by bringing them home.
Yes, it is just my opinion.