If Obama would only approach our involvement in AfPak the way he has approached Health Care Reform and Climate Change we could be out in no time. When he took office he would have given Kabul and Kandahar to the Taliban to encourage them to compromise with the Karzai Government and reach a consensus. If that failed to do the trick, he would then call off strikes into Pakistan. Then convince Karzai to form a coalition with the Taliban so the USA could leave. In that setting those tactics would be progressive.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."