Just in case you missed it, there was good news and bad news in President Obama’s State of the Union speech when it came to the war in Afghanistan:
The good news is that he reaffirmed his commitment to begin the withdrawal of US troops in July.
The bad news is that he made claims about the war and the fight against al Qaeda that were both misleading and inaccurate – claims that could undermine any opportunity for withdrawing significant numbers of US troops from Afghanistan in July.
We don’t have to wait to July to start worrying.
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