Much as I would like to see the wars wind down and disappear, for real, I don’t see any way to just load up the rocket’s red glares and bring the troops home either. It is going to be a lot easier showing back up in Afghanistan after six and half years and saying, “OK, let’s start up our war again,” than it will be to leave it if everyone starts comparing whatever Afghanistan is to quasi nations like Iraq, or the real things like Viet Nam.
And I agree with Joe Lieberman, any nation that spends $400 billion off budget a year blowing up Iraq can’t afford to spend that much money over five years to provide a basic level of human decency in health care for the American people. The Lord works in mysterious ways, Joe, but you, not so much.