Something is rotten in Washington DC. As the days begin to get colder again, Washington seems to be swimming against the current on yet another issue.
During a 90-minute discussion, Mr Obama did not show his hand on possible troop increases. But he did make clear that that the war would not be reduced to a narrowly defined counter-terrorism effort in the border areas with Pakistan, a strategy that has been linked with his Vice-President, Joe Biden.
Source: Time Online (UK) Oct 7th 2009
This suggests that Obama has ruled out "The Biden Plan" for Afghanistan, which, at the end of the day was the only sensible plan to extract NATO troops from Afghanistan. The Biden Plan was smart, pragmatic thinking, a compromise between staying the course and withdrawal. It would have targeted Al Qaeda and the foreign jihadist base while reaching a stalemate with the Pashtun tribes.
With the rejection of the Biden plan there is limited options left. All of which involve more war in a country in which "victory" is an mirage.
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