I believe we need to add a Tenth Principle to the Nine Principles of War: You cannot wage war against half a nation. It's amazing that we have to re-invent the "third nation counterinsurgency always fails" wheel again. I thought we learned that lesson over thirty years ago, and had a refresher course in Iraq. As long as Obama adopts policies such as breaking contact with the enemy if non-combatants are close, he is CLEARLY showing that he values his own image above the lives of American servicemen. You win a war by destroying the enemy and his will to fight. That's the ONLY way you win, and as MacArthur said, "In war, there is no substitute for total victory." If you don't want to win, why do you even start? We are actually denying fire missions and air strikes because the enemy is engaging our forces from villages and compounds occupied by non-conbatants. Instead of wiping out the grid square, we run away. Like his nice-guy predecessor, Obama has no stomach for the slaughter that is needed to win a war....and winning in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) is FAR more important to the safety of the United States than winning the Nobel Peace Prize.