Washington's Nightmare

This is, of course, the definition of paralysis in Afghanistan, so much easier in the short term than reexamining Plan A. In other words, as the American exercise in Afghanistan rolls ever closer to the full belly-up position, Plan A remains rigidly in place and signals that from Secretary Panetta and General Allen on down, Americans still don’t seem to get what’s going on.

11 years to reach a point  where nobody trusts anybody. Link