Well, it seems McCain has grasped the concept of “Drive Them Out”. Do not try to “destroy enemy forces on the field of battle”. That is something that sometimes happens when you are following a correct strategy.

Instead, drive them out of one place, drive them out of the next, and keep right on driving. There are many variations on this theme, but the bedrock principle remains.

The problem in Afghanistan is not Iraq, it is the notion that somehow or other the coalition can make the Taliban vanish. Same fallacy that caused all the pre-surge difficulty in Iraq.

Always takes some time and some trial and error before the winning formula is achieved. McCain grasps this at least subconciously.

Obama is clueless. His vision of things is that Presidential directives can create desirable events. Maybe he can learn reality in a big hurry. Maybe not. I just as soon not have to find out.