Insert Vietnam for Afghanistan as appropriate:
KABUL, Afghanistan — A Pentagon report on the last six months in Afghanistan portrays an Afghan government with limited credibility among its people, a still active if not growing insurgency and an enormous reliance on American troops to train, outfit and finance the country’s defense forces for the foreseeable future.

Nobody touches my stuff on this Jerome but I really believe those who make these decisions are being told how it's going to play out "or else".
Nothing makes sense to me otherwise particularly after eight years of bush behavior and now with the dims in power it just gets worse.
Hope your're good,
TB