Charles Kupchan, professor of international affairs, on President Obama's ownership of the Afghan war:

“This does not look like political triangulation. He's giving [U.S. commander in Afghanistan General] Stanley McChrystal most of what he asked for. If it is true that the Obama administration inherited this conflict, it has now put its imprint on it in an indelible way.”

Obama Now Defined by War

December 1, 2009, The (Toronto) Globe and Mail