HOW ABOUT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS?

What is with these holiday presidential trips to visit the troops? I know that if I'd been sent to fight an imaginary enemy I'd need a better morale booster than a photo-op with the commander-in-chief who had sent me there.

Obama has tripled the troop level, despite generals' confirmation that "a handful" of 100 or less Al Qaeda remain in Afghanistan. I wonder how many soldiers there are per Al Qaeda in Afghanistan? It's shocking that the US, which spends more on defense than every other country combined, can't win a war against a handful of anything. Unless our goal isn't to win...

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