Obama Ignores Military's Advice on Afghanistan.

Hitler didn't listen to his generals either.
Veterans groups should be sounding off on this politics before victory. Shameful.
Is "draw down" another way of saying retreat?
An excerpt from the report that tells the whole story of what's going on. I am shocked and disgusted.

Would Petraeus have made such a recommendation? No. He wants to win the war. When he was pressed last week to explain the peculiar timeframe, Petraeus said that it wasn’t military considerations that produced such a timeline but “risks having to do with other considerations.”

You can read more about the hearing in the report at The Weekly Standard by Stephen Hayes.