It's kinda hard to drain the Al Qaeda swamp when you are ignoring the Taliban alligators that are killing your soldiers.
Exactly! This ‘strategy’ is based on the (false) premise that the Taliban and AQ aren’t working hand in hand. What we’re doing is pretending the situation is different than it is.
Absolutely.
Obama needs to get the hell out of the way. His insane ROE are the main impediment to success against the Taliban.