AN UPDATE ON OBAMA’S AFGHANISTAN SPEECH: ”Obama has decided to fight the war with the proper resourcing, or close to it. But what exactly is the purpose of the escalation? There was no sense of purpose in the speech, no grand sense of mission, save one: getting out. Obama never once mentioned “victory” in the address, nor [did he] attempt to define (or even re-define) what he wanted for an outcome.”

Which is why his speech was so disappointing.