Talk about getting the shit job! While Barack Obama waxed poetic at West Point earlier this week on the grim task before us in Afghanistan and the sacrifice demanded of those youngsters before him, he didn’t mention more than in passing that the United States would be putting the squeeze on our allies (do we still have any?) to pony up their share of bodies too.
That was left to Hillary Clinton.
In a bizarre letter to the UK Telegraph today, Hillary puts on a brave face to tell Europe that, guess what, it’s your asses too.
"For the US, for Nato, for Muslim communities, for peace-loving people around the world, and most of all for the people of Afghanistan and Pakistan, this is a war that must be won. We will do our part. And so must the world."
And it must be won in eighteen months too, you slackers!
Or maybe not.
"The US and our partners will have an enduring commitment to the region."
Operation Enduring Commitment, baby! Please make this 2002 time warp end.