NYDN: Obama, tell me how this ends?

"The Long War ends not in victory but in exhaustion and insolvency, when the United States runs out of troops and out of money", says Andrew J. Bacevich. Some in Pakistan may secretly share this view - but Bacevich's argument is based on a different error:

"The [War on Terror] has no coherent narrative. When it comes to defining victory, U.S. political and military leaders are flying blind", says the New York Daily News writer. "Historically, the default strategy for wars that lack a plausible victory narrative is attrition. When you don't know how to win, you try to outlast your opponent, hoping he'll run out of troops, money and will before you do." The full story.