"I get a headache when I hear supporters of this endless warfare complaining about the federal budget deficits. They're like arsonists complaining about the smell of smoke in the neighborhood."—The brilliant Bob Herbert, in his most recent column, bluntly titled "We Owe the Troops an Exit."
The Telegraph reports today: "Twenty-one American troops have been killed in Afghanistan since Friday in one of the bloodiest periods of the summer."
End the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Mr. President.
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