Seriously, how long does it take to decide how many more or less troops need to be sent overseas? It seems like I've been hearing/reading "it will be at least two more weeks before the president makes a final decision" for at least two weeks now. But I guess it must be hard to make a decision when you refuse to listen to your chief advisers' advice. Which leads to my next question: why are they in that position if you don't value their judgment? Now I hear that it's all pending on the Afghan government resolving their election crisis. I'm sure I don't know the exact timing, but isn't it true that the Afghanistan election has been in a recount for months? And what's this I've read on the Associated Press' wire about allowing the Taliban to take part in the governing of this country because we need to "focus on al-Qaida"? Since when did the Taliban become the good guys? Have I missed something?