Finished "The Obama Wars" and continued to find it quite boring. Perhaps it is too early in the presidency to have a book.
Hillary seems cold and self-absorbed (supports my pre-conceived opinion). I don't think either of the Clinton's actually do anything until they establish how to get the maximum personal value for it.
The military doesn't (didn't) seem to respect the office of the president and tried to limit the options to one by providing useless second and third options. However, I doubt this is much different than any part of government that sees itself in a strong role vis a vis a new president, and tries to maximize their objectives.
I'm still surprised, and embittered, that the entire Afghanistan front was "lost" in the Iraq fakery. Even if Iraq "needed" to be fixed, 911 called for Afghanistan to be overthrown and re-started. If proper diligence to that goal was given, it would have been a base from which to control Iraqi aggression, or if necessary, to strike and take over Iraq - both objectives satisfied, in the correct sequence and priority - cleaner and likely more successful.
As we can't tell the outcome of the inherited war Obama has in Afghanistan, it is difficult to put this book, and this discussion, in any proper context.
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