re: #529 opnion

Our new President is getting acquainted with reality.
He routinely criticised Bush on Afghanistan during the Campaign, but now like lots of things he ridiculed , he is finding that it is not that easy.
He knows that if he pulls our troops out that Al Queda could reconstitute there & he doesn’t want to hand the Repulicans an issue.
This is not a novel opinion but I think that Obama is over his head.

Like you said,it’s about politics to them. Always was.
I see Gates leaving in a year, and Obama withdrawing shortly after.
He’ll say it was too far gone because Bush diverted attention to Iraq.