what you see in the book is that he felt trapped by being in afghanistan. he had campaigned against the war in iraq. afghanistan and the commitment there was really the exit strategy from iraq. it was clear to the military you couldn't do both. afghanistan is where they felt, because of the importance of pakistan, as chuck correctly points out, and india as well, the whole region, the war on terror, it made sense but strategically, it made sense, but still is not an easy thing to do militarily and it is very clear at he is aware going in that it is not something you can be do in a year or two. and so one would ask, if you have loved ones there, you know, why are we going to be any better off a year or two years or three years from now than we are right now? and there is no good answer to that. >> well, the preside told the chairman of the joint chiefs, mike mullin, and general petraeus and secretary gates, "in 2010, we will not be having a conversation about how to do more. i will not want to hear, quote, we're doing fine, mr. president, but we'd be belt fer we just do more. we are not going to be having conversation about how to change the mission." so he has basically said, unless he went on, we're talking about how to draw down faster than anticipated.
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