The time has come for the Obama administration to start acting decisively on the Afghanistan issue which has been confronting the United States for the last eight years. Obama is planning for a withdrawal of forces gradually from Afghanistan and Iraq region, but the recent spate of increased terrorist attacks in the region have made Obama to sit and review the policy.
He has to think about pushing in more troops on short term missions to Afghanistan and Iraq, which might face massive resistance at home. But maintaining status quo would also cost the US and NATO forces badly, as the Afghanistan forces head has gone on record that the war might be lost if more troops are not sent immediately.
And that would also cost few more billion dollars which US cannot afford now.
That decision also could widen the gap between Obama and the Muslim world which is now starting to look at him with suspicion.