It's a good sign that Obama cannot win. If he exerts caution, he's an incrementalist, as in Vietnam. If he withdraws, he's flying the white flag of surrender. And so the man who won the election is being goaded by the man who lost it.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/03/mccain-on-afghanistan/203761/
