Obama goes wobbly on Afghanistan
The White House leans toward cutting and running
It astonishes us how quickly Afghanistan is moving from being a “war of necessity” to “too tough to do.”
President Obama’s comments over the weekend gave the clearest signal yet that his administration is seeking an exit strategy from a conflict he described in August as “not only a war worth fighting” but “fundamental to the defense of our people.”
Commitment to that fundamental defense is eroding.
The president is being foiled by complex terrain, by which we mean the Congress.
The Democratic leadership has indicated it would not look favorably on requests for more troops, which most analysts believe are necessary to stabilize the situation.
An Aug. 30 initial review by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, U.S. commander in Afghanistan…