I'm offering an open thread about Obama's speech last night. I wasn't overly impressed with the speech. We have no choice except to finish this war off properly, but Obama could done a better job of justifying the increase of troops.

Do time tables and exit strategies mean that we can never lose a war? Even if we get our asses kicked and the Taliban is still tossing acid in girls' faces, as long as we pull out in 18 months, we can claim that we achieved our goals of going in and getting out in a timely manner. We can claim a victory, even though we've lost. It is a chicken shit way of fighting a war, isn't it?