I must admit that I am growing increasingly concerned about the attempt to focus on Afghanistan. McCain may or may not be doing it for political purposes but Obama certainly is.

Afghanistan would seem to offer the perfect Bill Clinton-Style war: not really related to American vital interests, and suitable for display of the kind of pointless symbolism the Left so loves.

Afghanistan is, has always been, and will always be the prime example of nation-as-quagmire. The good news is that you can always claim that you fixed it; the bad news is that you will never be able to tell even if you do.

As long as the head man in Kabul is not telling us “No” when we send some Buffs to pulverize some place in the hinderlands, that’s good enuf’.

So, the 911 hijackers came from there. So what? In reality they did not, but even if they did it would be as meaningless as bombing Seattle because the airplanes they used were made by Boeing.