Obama’s speech on the Afghanistan war: Draining a political mess of his own making

… the nation’s longest war ever. The first two — on March 27, 2009, and Dec. 1, 2009 — involved Obama ordering the sorts of American troop surges into combat that the Democrat used to say would make things worse when his predecessor ordered one into Iraq. (Scroll down for links to the full texts of those two speeches.)

Obama’s latest speech will be directed solely at Americans, who have begun registering impatience with the war, especially since Obama joined another one in Libya in March that he said would last days, not weeks, and has now gone on for months.

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