It's unfortunate to note just how much our Presidential politics interferes with our ability to strategize coherently. If McCain were to win, you can be sure that the drawdown you describe will be delayed simply to prevent an "I told you so" and if Obama is elected, it will be accelerated just to assert I'M in charge now!
I am told that U.S. intelligence community now considers Pakistan the central front in the war on terror
This of course also means that the CIA is the central force fighting the war on terror. I have to think that that's a more effective use of our resources than throwing 150,000 soldiers at the wrong country was.
All I know is that the overriding issue in this election is keeping John McCain, Randy Scheunemann, and James Woolsey the H377 away from our Middle East policy. As far as I'm concerned it even overrides the economy, because our boneheadedness in the ME is a big part of WHY our economy is in such dire straits.
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Hi Paul, Sully has a fine post on your topic's final point today.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/obama-and-the-w.html
Sully link, 2nd try:
http://tinyurl.com/62o6l2
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