[Joe Friday]

I agree if we are going to be there we need to give them whatever they need and want. However, you will not see anything in Afghanistan accomplished in a short time period. The Russian couldn't do it and we haven't been able to do it for several years either. This terrain in this country which has thousands of caves make it very hard to have success. Especially after we have played there for a number of years and given them time to build up their defenses in the area. We should have given all resources to this fight and stayed out of Iraq and maybe just maybe we would have accomplished something there by now. Let's not forget Scott Ritter former US Marine and UN weapons inspector in Iraq. He tried to tell each of us that we had no reason to invade Iraq but we wouldn't listen. Heck I ever called for him to be tried for treason due to not supporting the effort to go after Iraq. The funny thing is every thing that he claimed has turned out to be accurrate when referring to Iraq. We shouldn't have been there and if we had put all our resources into the fight in Afghanistan and hunting for Osama then we might not even be having this conversation.

Sorry CatDawg, wasn't trying to ignore your response, I just noticed it. Agree, Afganistan will be long-term and this is the reason we have to reinforce and support the troops presently with boots on the ground with the numbers that the field commanders have estimated and requested. Scott Ritter was bi-partisan in his criticism of Iraq Policy - we can all look back with hind-sight and make the right choices now. I will not criticize Scott Ritter, a man who served his country for 12 years as a U.S. Marine but I do believe he was used by the left to serve their anti-war purpose. I also believe President G. W. Bush is a decent and honorable man who listened to his advisors and the Intelligence Agencies when he made his decision to wage war on Iraq. He genuinely did what he believed was best for the security of our country.