Obama got stuck with Afghanistan because Bush failed to get the job done and now Obama has to clean up that mess too just like he is having to clean up the financial mess as well. This kind of clean up takes years and years and cannot be accomplished over night by any means. Military historians world wide have declared that Afghanistan is one of those places that major super powers who have tried to fight wars in have repeatedly been defeated due to terrain and the population itself.
Just look to and ask the Russians how many soldiers they lost and how many disabled veterans they have due to their incursions into that region. Being Afghanistan is and was one of the major world suppliers of Opium for the world itself there are alot of problems in gaining any or much support from the farming population due to that is and has been their main source of income above all other crops planted. IMHO Obama needs to get out of there gracefully as possible if there is not a bigger role by the ... more.
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