Oh noes, we’re losing Afghanistan!
Today’s political meme: If we don’t do something to heat up our war effort, we’ll lose in Afghanistan!
A few significant attacks go off, and suddenly the spin-masters are trying to make it sound like our honor is at stake unless we authorize some huge, expensive counter-offensive that kills a whole bunch of bad guys. Of course, its inevitable and conveniently left out that any such attack would almost certainly include killing some not so bad guys. Ok, completely innocent people.
But forget that and focus on the real issue, America! You donn’t want to lose at something, do you?