I’m no military expert, but I’d guess that any war that goes on this long will lose voter support. It just seems to be dragging on with no end in sight, and nobody wants a modern version of the Hundred Years War.

Afghanistan Doesn’t Need a ‘Surge’
By ANN MARLOWE

Afghanistan needs many things, but two more brigades of U.S. troops are not among them.

Barack Obama said: “We need more troops, more helicopters, better intelligence-gathering and more nonmilitary assistance to accomplish the mission there.” Mr. Obama should have supported the surge in Iraq, but that doesn’t mean that advocating one in Afghanistan makes sense.

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The jury is still out on whether a surge would work in Aghanistan. However, I find it quite funny that the guy who opposed the surge in Iraq is now trying to promote one in Afghanistan just so he can say he supported it!