A Mishmash of a Strategy

A Mishmash of a Strategy

The president and commander-in-chief went up to West Point to lay out his new/old/same/different strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Finally.

The result: more mixed signals than any broken stoplight could produce. Go. Caution. Stop. All flashing at the same time. Charge! But retreat soon. In this War of Necessity, he who hesitates is lost, but look before you leap. Accentuate the negative, eliminate the positive, and generally mess with Mr. In-Between.

Let's hope our enemies are half as confused as our allies by this flurry of contradictory orders, not...