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Politicians are always too involved. Truman never let McCarthur run a war for example. Clinton believed against the experts that Kosovo could be secured without ground troops. Instead he managed to fry the people who was suppose to save. Bush knows that wars, especially wars to save the oppressed cannot be won without the blood and toil of ground troops. He had the fortunate aid of the Northern Alliance, but in Iraq he knew that troops on the ground is the only way to finish the job. Half efforts, which Clinton seemed to prefer, just don't cut it. The object of WWII was not some half job of pushing Hitler from France - it was the whole job - unconditional surrender.

Which brings me to the war on terror. I hope no one here is under the illusion that this war will proceed without some tough actions. Meaning we may need to challenge so called allies like Saudi Arabia. And if we do not get that cooperation US troops will need to get on the ground there to wipe out the Wahabis. Not today and maybe not for a decade from now. Militant Islam has declared war on the Western World. At some point I believe we must bring the war to them. The Afghan action was a start.