President Obama will address the nation tonight, and according to leaks in the press will announce the withdrawal of 5,000 or 10,000, or some other number of troops from Afghanistan. In doing so, he is reportedly ignoring the advice of his top military advisors.

Having argued that Afghanistan was the "good" war during the campaign (as opposed to Iraq which supposedly was the "bad" war), once elected Obama announced a surge of 30,000 troops, available because of the success of the surge in Iraq.  Because this was not going to sit well with his leftist base, he also announced that withdrawal of the troops would begin by July 2011.

Well, here it is June 2011, and the war in Afghanistan has wearied the public, so here comes the withdrawal, wise or not. The odds of the Taliban waiting for the troops to go, and then launching a major offensive seem high. Obama certainly hopes that this happens after the November 2012 election, when he will then be free to swing hard left, should he be re-elected.

Meanwhile, his Libya adventure continues to go badly. Obama promised us "smart diplomacy," but his foreign policy has been disastrous.