General McChrystal on Afghanistan

A direct quote:

"We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail because we're doing a lot of good things and it just doesn't add up to success."

Questions we need to ask, as a country, about Afghanistian:

If there was, originally, a good reason for us to be in Afghanistan, the question has to be asked why we are still there, all these 8 years later and what our plans are for the future?

What is/are the goal(s)?

Do we have a/any goal(s)?

If we are to "win" this war, how will we know when we did?

At what point is the cost in people and materiel simply not worth what we expend?

More later today.