P.S.

As the previous post, 40 YEARS AFTER KENT STATE, unfolded on my computer screen I wasn’t sure where it was going.  After it was written I realized that it could have become an anti-war rant.  The fact that it didn’t, tells me that some of us really are looking for opportunities to have a little faith.  Maybe that truly is blind trust in this President — trust that we may regret.  Yet, I can’t bring myself at this point to be so cynical as to believe that the only reason President Obama wants to stay in Afghanistan is a political one — that he doesn’t want to be seen as “weak on defense” before the November elections (an opinion espoused by Joe Scarborough on Morning Joe.)

We all have a certain level of skepticism about this war.  The comparisons to Vietnam are inevitable and uncanny.  Yet … yet, could there actually be a sensible reason to be in Afghanistan at this point?  Are there strategic realities that are in play here?  Yeah, I know … faith.   I guess I’m not yet willing to give up on our leaders once again — it would hurt too much this time.