This Afghan logistics problem illustrates all too clearly that we are very likely on the verge of a huge complex war or at least, a long, very dangerous, ominous and expensive ongoing confrontation with a multitude of inter-related flashpoints and battlefields .

But our biggest problem isn’t the logistics. Our biggest problem is the politics. The American public is not prepared for this war. Short of a nuclear attack on an American City, the American public will not get behind the strategies and tactics needed for this war, unless we have a President who is able and willing to explain the stakes for America and what is necessary to win.

The logistics can likely be solved by America if there is the political will in America to solve them.

The biggest failure of the Bush Presidency has been GWB’s disturbing reluctance to adequately explain our challenges and their solutions. We have heard almost nothing for him regarding what is at stake in Georgia. No wonder Georgia is almost absent in the news

To solve any problem, you must first adequately define it. In fact in problem solving theory, most solutions are easily solved if defined correctly. Our politicians, particularly Bush, refuse to define the problem.

However, this war is much more complex than even what we faced after 911. It is an enormously complex conflict to explain, with a multitude of nuances. There are numerous enemies , ranging from the jidahdists, to Iran, Russia, North Korea Venezuela, etc and their relationships complex and not completely known.

But the conversation with the American public must start and start soon. And probably we must first start with confronting our own homegrown enemy, the American defeatists.