17,000 More Troops Afghanistan

[JoeRedskin]

I have always thought that the Afghani campaign was not given much press, even under Bush, and have always wondered why. I too saw Obama characterize this as the "Good War" and thought that, unlike past Afghani campaigns, this one might be winnable - i.e. establishing a stable govt. that limited the terror groups operating within its borders.

Unlike the Russians and Britons, I didn't see us as trying to establish a client state. Perhaps that is just a mistaken view on my part.

Regardless, it has always struck me as odd how the Afghani campaign has been such a low profile war.