Afghanistan War Nearing Its End?

That thought came to mind reading this AP headline — UN scales back in dangerous southern Afghanistan.

"The majority of Americans are against the war, and every week thousands of Americans continue to put pressure on their representatives in Congress, who can also read the polls in an election year," says Mark Weisbrot — Beginning of the End for Afghan War? "The war has dragged on long after the public turned against it, and long after Washington abandoned any pretence of a coherent story to justify it," he writes, suggesting that "this Congressional rebellion is the beginning of the end of this war."

"Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern, Republican Congressman Walter Jones, and Democratic Senator Russ Feingold have introduced legislation demanding an exit strategy and timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan," reports Katrina vanden Heuvel — Demand an Afghanistan Exit Strategy.