Her response was to the substance of the decision, not the words used. She criticized the delay in making the decision, and the mention of withdrawal while saying that we’ll be watching to make sure that he holds to his commitments. Had her response been a total negative, she would have defined herself as opposed from the start and wishing for a failure. A smart response.
We all know what he really said was that he caved in and agreed to send more troops but that he will pull them out if they don’t get the job done right away (McCrystal’s fault) or if the Afghans play games (Karzei’s fault), or if there are too many casualties (he’ll blame that on Bush).