Well, I guess the up-side of this is that all the teabaggers in America are about to become rabid pacifists…

"After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision, and he will announce that decision within days," Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, said Tuesday morning…

The conversation settled around sending about 30,000 more American troops, two officials said, the first of which would deploy early next year to be in place in southern or eastern Afghanistan by the spring. The troop reinforcements would most likely be sent in waves, according to an official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss war strategy.

I really just hope that we're able to tamp this down at least a little before my grandchildren are deployed over there.