The president makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to visit the troops and to meet with Gen. David Petraeus; bad weather cancels face-to-face meeting with President Hamid Karzai.
There is a long tradition of Presidents concentrating on foreign affairs when domestic issues look bad, but going to a hellhole like Afghanistan in the middle of winter would seem to be a bad choice.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
