failing, absolutely. you read any discussion of these inside look at woodward s book which details day today they didn t have a plan, no clue, no strategy. no plan, no clue. all they ll do is kick it forward. we had richard holbrooke come on the show doing what richard had to do because it was his job, defending afghanistan, saying just wait and then the next week the woodward book came out saying richard was against it, the vice president is against it. mike, they know afghanistan is a failed war. they cannot win. but barack obama does not want to be slammed by republicans before the 2012 election as being weak on defense. they know it s failing. it s called lack of leadership and lack of courage. you want to reduce the deficit at a practical level, start eliminating 100,000 troops in afghanistan. that s one small step. $100 billion a year for nothing.