Reply #108: Perhaps it was the line about being in the situation room ... like any one

[rtassi]

of us would know what that was like, or what one would be "privy" too if one were in there. I believe the OP said Kerry WAS in Afghanistan ...Yes? If he were, I would imagine he would have some kind of credible read on the situation.

Speaking from Afghanistan, Kerry, who is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the U.S. should listen to the advice of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in that country.

"When our own, you know, commanding general tells us that a critical component of achieving our mission here is, in fact, good governance, and we're living with a government that we know has to change and provide it, how could the president responsibly say, oh, they asked for more, sure, here they are?," Kerry said.

Lest we forget that President Obama is still of flesh and bone, listening to advice and counsel from decorated WAR veterans who have actually had experience in combat, and with wars that are un winnable, doesn't sound like a bad idea to me. It was in fact Kerry's most compelling attribute in '04 for me.