I thought this was the ‘good war’

I stumbled across this NPR editorial saying the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting:

“August Recess is the time to act! Congress needs to know that their constituents feel strongly about halting the war in Afghanistan, withdrawing of US troops from Iraq, and reducing the overall size of the military budget,” says PDA executive director Tim Carptenter. “They need to see concerned constituents taking action: Request a meeting with your senators and representative or their staffs, or simply stop by their offices and tell them to vote against further funding and to support the McGovern bill.”

The question to ask of reluctant members of Congress is easy enough: Isn’t it time to side with the majority of Americans in recognizing that this war is not worth fighting?

The op-ed notes President Obama’s authorization of 17,000 additional troops in Afghanistan, but Charles Krauthammer notes here that not only is the president “already beginning a tactical retreat,” but with that “Democrats in Congress will be in revolt, and he will have to defend even that minimalist war.”

This is getting scary.