Tag Archives: Troop Surge
Winning is for Losers
“These long wars will come to a responsible end”, so says the president. Winning is out. Responsible ending is in. Other than in politics and pro sports (NCAA included), winning has become less than cool.
Like drinking responsibly, it’s hard to argue with ending responsibly. It just doesn’t sound like much fun. But it has to be done, in order to win in Nov 2012.
18 Month Extension
I’m not sure what to make of this. Evidently the “vital threat to our national security” will end in 18 months.
An officer I met in Baghdad during our USO trip told me it will be much tougher to win in Afghanistan than Iraq and might not be worth it. Here’s smart guy George Will saying it won’t end well. Here’s smart guy Robert Kagan in the Washington Post saying yes it will. And here’s smart ass Ralph Peters in the New York Post calling it surrender in advance.
