I would love, in 2012, to point to a chaotic A-stan and blame it on Obama.

Also, Withdrawal Advocate George Will earned my scorn when he lost his nerve over Iraq.

Nevertheless, three factors strongly pull me in the “get-out” direction.

1. My two-year stint in the Peace Corps opened my eyes to the difficulty of bringing progress to Third World countries (not to mention positively Medevial ones).

2. Michael Yon wrote it might take 10-20 or even a hundred years to pacify A-stan.

3. Yon was writing what I’d already heard last year from a buddy of mine, presently on his second deployment in A-stan.