chaos, violence, and terror. the threat is worse because pakistan and india are two nuclear armed states whose tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict. and that could happen. no one denies that we have inherited a challenging and troubling situation in afghanistan, and south asia. but we do not have the luxury of going back in time and making different or better decisions. when i became president, i was given a bad and very complex hand. but i fully knew what i was getting into. big and intricate problems. but one way or another, these problems will be solved. i'm a problem solver. and in the end, we will win. we must address the reality of the world as it exists right now, the threats we face, and the confronting of all of the