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My concern would be, are the GENERALS playing politics as well? Thats one of the lessons of Vietnam, the "body count" method to determine win/loss ratio!
But of course war IS a political game, no matter how you keep score, and that applies to Generals and the POTUS. You've got to win BOTH sides of the argument, at home and abroad. The question RIGHT NOW is, do the American people have the will to continue in Afgan? With more foreign countries throwing in the towel, why shouldn't WE? The war cannot be won here at home without some serious justification as to what were fighting for. Now, no matter what I think or you think were fighting for, what is the perception of the American people at large? What do THEY think? More troops, more deaths, ya gotta ask youself, is it worth it? Is there another option? I guess that's politics at play, if you want to call it that...
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