Is Afghanistan Salvageable

As inconceivable as it sounds,Afghanistan could be allowed to fall back into the grasp of the Taliban. President Barack Hussein Obama contributed to our problems in that nation by saying that he was "uncomfortable with the idea of victory" there. Once a Commander in Chief announces that, for the sake of the troops and their families, orderly withdrawal of forces must begin. If you are not there to win, you are squandering blood and treasure- you are wasting lives. In the Afghan conflict, multilateralism has failed again with our allies in NATO refusing to bear the burden of cost and sacrifice that we sustained for fifty years saving them from Soviet domination. When the US day of need came, our allies were found lacking. France, according to Sarkosy will not send "one more troop". Britain will send a mere five hundred, so long as their role is limited to serving as trainers of the Afghan government forces. Afghanistan herself has descended further into political chaos with an election just as disputed as the one in neighboring Iran. It is hard to say our forces are there defending democracy when there is none. Obama is even equivocating about sending the number of troops requested by his handpicked military commander there, General McChrystal. I can not endorse the humiliation of my own country and just wish we had a leader who was determined to triumph- regardless of the cost/benefit analysis. Afghanistan can not fall back into a failed state sanctuary for terror. Even as fighting escalates as the Pakistani military offensive pushes more jihadists across their border into Afghanistan, putting even more pressure on overstretched American forces there, we must resolve to pay any price for victory.