This pretty much sums it up for me.

The war categorized as “the good war” to wipe out al Qaeda’s safe haven after the 9/11 attacks is certainly doomed to failure, and no soldier should be asked to risk his life for an effort that America’s leaders have no desire to win. In Afghanistan, the Karzai government will likely collapse within three years of America’s withdrawal, just as the Soviet-backed government of Mohammed Najibullah did. And it will come as no shock when Hamid Karzai’s mutilated body will be paraded around on CNN by the Taliban after they retake Afghanistan. A terrorist attack on American soil with the magnitude of 9/11 attacks won’t be much of a shock either; al Qaeda will have no deterrent towards rebuilding in Afghanistan or attacking America after witnessing our lack of resolve in Afghanistan.

Any president that can’t be bothered to use the word “Victory” when talking about a war he is claiming to be committed to isn’t serious about fighting that war.

I can only hope that the political climate in this country is such that when the time rolls around in 2012 for the next election to get into full swing, Obama is far enough behind in the polls, Afghanistan is somewhat better off and improving because this “surge” has had some positive effect, and Republicans are loud enough in their opposition to withdrawl just when we seem to be winning it that this abandonment of our men and women in uniform can be stopped.

And, hopefully, Obama will be the last dithering Democrat to hold the office for a long, long time.

Hosting the Olympics in Chicago: 3.3 Billion dollars
Flying the US President and his entourage to Denmark to lobby for it: 1 million dollars.
Finding out Obama is not Jesus Christ: Priceless

And the media is silent.