[BRIEF NOTE] And in Afghanistan ... ?

[rfmcdonald]

Joshua Foust at Registan argues that many of the soldiers soon to be transferred to Iraq will be pulled from Afghanistan. You know, Afghanistan, where the United States is trying to cajole a skeptical multinational coalition into providing the troops necessary to fight the Taliban. Not that the United States had enough there already--and not, perhaps, that Canada (among other countries) should have sent troops there and see several dozen combat deaths without a clear and plausible plan--but there you go. Who cares about grand strategy, or about resentful friends, when you're trying to save your reputation?