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Video: CBS’s Afghan correspondent tears Obama’s Taliban strategy to shreds
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... have an unwavering determination and have braced for a prolonged war.” Like Logan says, “negotiations” with the Taliban have been going on for six years with jack squat to show for them — and yet, oddly, our new “smart power” national security apparatus appears ready to take this latest overture seriously. Go figure. How’s this for a compromise? If The One’s serious about ceding back parts of the country because the Taliban’s not really an enemy, can he at least acknowledge that his many statements over the years about defeating them — not just Al Qaeda but the Taliban ...

Genius: Captain Wonderful's New Solution for Afghanistan Commands Seven Percent Support
Ace of Spades HQ — ... strategy of leaving our troops to twist without reinforcement or plan of victory commands 7% support. Pull out? 38%. Give them the reinforcements and resources they need? 48%. So Captain Wonderful, in his quest to vote present on everything, is currently trial-ballooning a plan hated by 90% of the public. Even in his pandering he's incompetent. Jim Geraghty has tallied up several, but by no means all, of Obama's "We're going to beat hell out of the Taliban, I swear" statements. I hope he won't mind me stealing them: Then-candidate Barack Obama, July 15, 2008: Our troops ...

JULES CRITTENDEN ON WAR COVERAGE: A Tale of Two Bureaus. Related: The Mother Of All Expiration …
Instapundit — JULES CRITTENDEN ON WAR COVERAGE: A Tale of Two Bureaus. Related: The Mother Of All Expiration Dates. ...

Is Obama Preparing to Surrender Afghanistan to the Taliban?
Blogs For Victory — After all this talk as candidate and President about taking the fight to Taliban, now we get this: President Obama’s national security team is moving to reframe its war strategy by emphasizing the campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan while arguing that the Taliban in Afghanistan do not pose a direct threat to the United States, officials said Wednesday. As Mr. Obama met with advisers for three hours to discuss Pakistan, the White House said he had not decided whether to approve a proposed troop buildup in Afghanistan. But the shift in ...

In related news, the ultimate expiration date
No Runny Eggs — ... I’ll simply let Jim Geraghty deliver the kicker (note; I somehow missed this yesterday, as did the rest of you given the lack of notes in Open Thread Thursday, so “today” is actually “yesterday”)… ...