And what would you have him do, Congressman?

David Obey (D-WI) is less than thrilled with the Apologist-in-Chief's Afghanistan strategy.

Democratic fears over President Barack Obama’s Afghan-Pakistan policy spilled into the open Thursday as House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey warned he is “very concerned that it is going to wind up with us stuck in a problem at nobody knows how to get out of.”

After nearly eight years of war, largely in Iraq, Obey said the United States risks becoming consumed by another eight years of conflict that would “devour” President Barack Obama’s ability to make progress elsewhere.

“We can’t approach problems as if we’re permanent President of the Optimist Club,” he said in what some saw as a dig at the White House. “We have got to look at realities.”

Exactly what would you propose, Congressman? The tone of your words makes it seem that you would prefer to see us walk away from Afghanistan, because victory is not "realistic." Have you consider the reality of that scenario, I wonder?

Pakistan could be just days away from being a failed state, overrun by al Qaeda and the Taliban. Pakistan - just another one of those "tiny countries"? Pakistan's population is over 175 million, more than half our own. Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons, just the kind of toys Osama bin Laden would love to commandeer. If we left Afghanistan now, it would guarantee the failure of both Pakistan and Afghanistan. Once in control of more than 200 million people, how long do you suppose it would take the enemy to recruit and train millions of young hotheads to form a massive army of murderers?

If we left the region, there would be nothing to deter Iran from invading Iraq and erasing our hard earned gains there. Once on the march, radical Islam will not slow down - rather, emboldened, they will sweep nation after nation until their vision of a global caliphate is fulfilled.

You want to look at realities, Congressman? That's reality. This is an existential struggle in which we find ourselves. We did not ask for it, we may not like it, but unless you want to see your wife in a burka, you better get your priorities straight. This is perhaps the only thing that Obama has gotten even half right since taking office. If you care a whit for your country, you will get behind him all the way.