Doing some stuff in Afghanistan

A British army officer has summed up his country's mission in Afghanistan with comments that quite nicely capture our adventure there as well. Tim Collins, former colonel in the Royal Irish Regiment and veteran of the Iraq quagmire, is quoted in the Guardian as saying, "We have a British government that has no idea of what it wants to do. It's invited the Army to go to Iraq, to Afghanistan, and do stuff. It would be a bit like giving your keys to builders and say go and do some stuff in my house."

That seems to just about describe what our troops are doing in Afghanistan -- some stuff. Not much in the way of "clear operational strategy with achievable objectives" -- just stuff.