Afghan War a losing propostion

So the President came out and finally told us all what we knew--and that is, that he's going to send thirty thousand more American Troops to Afghanistan, in hopes of cleaning up the mess that's over there.

And the fact is, most Democrats don't want it, lots of Republicans don't want it, we can't really afford it, a lot of Afghanis don't want us there (though, admittedly, a lot more likely do) and what you end up with is a war we never wanted being extended when we don't really want it extended.

This is not good for this President.

And it's not good for his reform agenda.

Finally, it's not good for the work we need to do here in this country.

Fortunately, at least Senator Russ Feingold, for one, is speaking up against this war and against the troop increase. We'll see if anyone joins him.

I don't pretend this war--or the answers for it--are easy. They absolutely aren't.

What I will say is that the American people are solidly against this war and have been for a long time.

And you don't win a war if the people aren't with you.

Links: http://feingold.senate.gov/
http://feingold.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=320378
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/world/asia/06reconstruct.html?_r=1&th&emc=th