Coverage of Obama's Speech on the Radio:

Yesterday I provided some analysis for Obama's speech about Afghanistan on Voice of America. Essentially, I believe that he's pulling a Gorbachev. He's sending in more troops, so he can pull out of the country. Obama repeatedly echoed the refrain "Afghan responsibility", and made it clear that if the Afghans do not meet the milestones we put out for them, we will withdrawal support and then it will be their fault. So its sort of a perverse incentive system, they fail to meet they don't do what we want, we leave. What's more, we want to leave, so we really don't want them to achieve the goals we set out for them. I personally am glad were going to be getting out in 18 months unless Karzai goes. If that changes, I can support this war again.

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