" Mr Obama is expected to make his troops anouncement only after the run-off, which takes place a week from Saturday."

I got that from this link :

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7acf...3b-00144feab49a.html

We are at war and there are soldiers all over America more or less wondering what Obama is going to suggest about Afghanistan. Yet first Obama has to wait for a couple of elections next Saturday before he decides what to do. Leaders don't do that, then again Obama is not a leader.

Obama has to sh!t or get off the pot now that the re-run in Afghanistan has been scuppered by the Opposition.. Mr. Abdullah pulled the plug on things and so Karzai is now ' less legit' than before..

Supporting a ' tarnished' regime is not what Obama wants s it makes him look no beter than the Bush boys and Clinton and a host of other Presidents who chose expediency over statesmanship..

plus ca change... as the Froggies say..