My initial feeling when we entered Afghanistan was that Russia went bankrupt fighting that war. However we made a commitment and needed to fulfill it Moving forward to the present and we find it is all unreaveling. Why?

In December 2009 Obama announced a surge to the tune of 30,000 troops. The strategy was succeeding in strategically important Helmand and Kandahar provinces located in the south. However this past June(2011) Obama decided that we would pull out all troops by August (2012), just before his renomination because the Afghanistan commitment had been polling poorly.

How do you suppose our military personnel received this news? How do you suppose the Afghans received this news? How do you suppose the Taliban received this news? Obama is great at leading fom behind.