The conflict in Afghanistan is a war of attrition with few clear strategic goals. The coalition is in a far worse situation than the Russians were at this point (who were propping up a favourable government which had much greater control of the provinces than Karzai can claim).

Unless Obama has a clear and swift military objective, this will become an Albatross around his neck. My cousin has just arrived in Afghanistan, so I hope for his sake, that we do know exactly what we’re doing.

Oh thats fantastic news he has saved the lesser twittering marshland goose has he ? On the other hand so far Russia has threatened to nations it formerly enslaved, and cut our gas .Iran developed enough uranium for a nuclear bomb put up a satellite. Obamahs response has been weak He has over emphasized Asia and has sidelined the UK by comparison , despite the fact that we are the only people that America can rely on .We have to put up with the nauseating spectacle of an unelected plastic PM creeping around in the hope of some second hand stardust while we are humiliated .
On Afghanistan the signs are not good .As I have consistently said all this bull crap about a new style is really a way of America slithering into an isolationism ( and protectionism) that the Republicans would not countenance. Soft power=cheap, power . The President is proposing not only to turn down his security advisers’ request that he replace the presidential helicopter fleet with craft less vulnerable missile attacks, at a cost of $11 billion, but to cut out expensive weapons systems. His budget reduces military spending to three per cent of GDP, the level it was at the time of the September 11 attacks
I wonder if those foolish enough to go and campaign for this light weight fashion accessory President will take responsibility as the world grows more and more dangerous . No more cricket in Pakistan , and next time it will be our team . The theats mount partly because the appeasers keep pouring petrol on the Islamic flames. Europe is more useless than ever as it has to worry about its own Muslim terrorists whose own threats are quitely incopprated into policy .
The Liberal bleeding hearts never understood Bush , he did not think that it was all black and white it was precisely because it was grey that he had to tell our enemies get in line or else . Obmama is leaving wiggle room and with his horrifying debt putting the US in hock to China he is hamstrung anyway .To think we could have had a war hero at the helm instead of which we have an actor , although admittedly a better actor than Reagan , just an infinitely worse President .

But not to worry he has save the large crested warbler .

By the way, I’m also in favour of the Afghan surge strategy, but haven’t had the time to write why.

It’s always easy to back military action when it’s not you holding the gun.

and will you you be the first person to kiss Sir Ted (killer) Kennedy’s hand?