We will probably have to pull out.

That decision was made November 4th. There is no way Obama will escalate a war anywhere, except perhaps with Israel – “put those Zionists in their place…”. The tripe Obama about Afghanistan being the focal point of the war and Bush abandoning our responsibility there, had everything to do with political expediency and nothing to do with reality. Preemptive war as a means of defending the USA is dead until “hit Bravo”. When the second major event happens, Obama will blame 8 years of poor leadership from Bush for putting American in a place where bad guys hate us enough to kill 2000 or 200,000 Americans, i.e. whatever the result.

As soon as Obama takes any action to disengage from Afghanistan, the Europeans will view that as their long awaited signal to bail, and the party in Kabul will be over. It’ll be Talliban2, or a fuedal civil war, but the US will be out of Afghanistan and reaping the “peace dividend” of “demilitarizing” our country (i.e. the better to pay for Obama’s domestic agenda.

Bet on it.

When 53% of the American (voting) people elected Obama, they pissed on the grave of every soldier, Marine, sailor, and airman lost defending America. The “deterrence”, i.e. American intent and the ability to follow through, purchased by their blood will be gone January 20th.