I wouldn’t take Sullivan seriously, right down to his ‘and’s and ‘the’s.

Afghanistan has no good solutions. So, Obama’s first mistake is to look for one.

Who has the track record though?

Petraeus.

You’re president, you listen to everyone, and then you do what Petraeus recommends. If it’s the same thing as what McChrystal is recommending, so much the better.

There are, however, about a dozen reasons why Obama will not do that, and coming in at about Number 6 is that Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing, and that is not going to change.