<![CDATA[Obama's Promise to 'Win' in Afghanistan -- Wise or Wrong?]]>

1.0 link 117719 <![CDATA[Obama's Promise to 'Win' in Afghanistan -- Wise or Wrong?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/obamas-promise-to-win-in_b_117719.html That U.S. casualties had finally hit the 500 mark in Afghanistan drew wide press attention today, including coverage on the front page of The New York Times. Every so often now, the media notes that the ongoing American death toll in that country now eclipses the grim tally in Iraq. So the war in Afghanistan, long overlooked, is now getting more notice. Polls show that the American people are growing increasingly concerned, and pessimistic, about that conflict.

But does that mean...

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