There is a growing acknowledgement by Washington that "Afghan good enough" is going to mean leaving behind a quagmire, no matter what. Once the definition of "Afghan good enough" was been broadened to take in "quagmire no matter what", all that remains is to bring the soldiers home

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National Journal
The Coming Upheaval in U.S. Afghanistan Strategy
March 12, 2012

By Michael Hirsh
Michael Hirsh is chief correspondent for National Journal. Hirsh previously served as the senior editor and national economics correspondent for Newsweek, based in its Washington bureau. He was also Newsweek’s Washington web editor and authored a weekly column for Newsweek.com, “The World from Washington.” Earlier on, he was Newsweek’s foreign editor. He has done on-the-ground reporting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other places around the world.

Hirsh has appeared many times as a commentator on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. He has written for the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Harper’s, and Washington Monthly, and authored two books, Capital Offense: How Washington’s Wise Men Turned America’s Future over to Wall Street and At War with Ourselves: Why America Is Squandering its Chance to Build a Better World.


The Coming Upheaval in U.S. Afghanistan Strategy


Some excerpts :

"All of which illustrates a tragic truth: even after ten years into this war, one that has cost nearly 1,800 U.S. dead, 15,000 wounded, and some $400 billion, forward progress is barely discernible and relations with America’s two chief allies, the Afghanistan and Pakistan governments, are worse than they have ever been. And that is why both administration officials and members of Congress are saying it’s time to go".

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