Our national security priorities were so screwed up when Obama became president that anything short of radical change would be insufficient. But I think we need to be thankful for small victories, and his success in trimming the defense budget by over $100 billion during wartime is definitely a small victory. John McCain was actually helpful in this task, and Secretary Gates showed a lot of leadership. I am also impressed that Obama has the courage to take his time and make up his own mind about the strategy for Afghanistan. There may be solutions but the implementation of those solutions are very difficult. I know I would feel overwhelmed by a problem with that many variables and ramifications to navigate. Even a decision to pull all our troops out would require a mind-numbing number of tasks and consultations.

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