A War of Necessity

That's what our President calls our activities in Afghanistan. Our Chief of

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Staff, Adm. Mullen, calls it a starting over. In Mullen's view it will take 12 - 18 months at least to reach the point where we can start thinking about winning the war. "Starting over" won't change the fact that more Americans have died in Afghanistan in the 8 months of 2009 than died in all of 2008 and the pace of the deaths is increasing. "Starting over" will mean more of our young people being wasted in a foolish attempt to do just what?

Change you can believe in??