By the way folks, while all the shoutin’ was goin’ on, The Surge was completed. We are back to pre-surge levels in Iraq. Taaa-Daaa. Mission Accomplished, indeed.

But I don’t much like the idea of a new Surge in Afghanistan. Different situation. About 15 min after we walked in much of the Afghan population mentally was where the Iraqis are now. Seizing and holding the mountains of the border areas seems to be equal parts dangerous and pointless. The Pashtun seem to be inclined to like the Taliban as much as the rest of the country was inclined to despise them. So let them. Bombs away!

We should not let the taunts of the Left drive our war making policies any more than we allow those same chanting idiots to convince us to embrace disarmament.

And also by the way, we just abandoned that outpost where we lost those 9 troops. Bombs away again!