I ran across a good commentary by Lou Dobbs. Very well put.

Sometimes I get annoyed that while it’s easy to criticize the President for failing to have a plan to succeed, we must not forget that our government is made up of several branches and 2 opposing parties. In this election season, the leaders can’t simply say the other side is wrong; the leaders must propose a solution and lead us out of the fight. Soldiers are dying while we sit around and point fingers.

The American people cannot be reasonably asked by this president or this secretary of defense to “stay the course” without evidence of a strategy to successfully prosecute the war and defeat the radical Islamist enemy. Otherwise, why are we there? The loyal opposition on Capitol Hill cannot reasonably ask the American people to elect them without articulating a clear new direction and offering a concrete plan for victory. Otherwise, why do we even have a loyal opposition?

Read the full commentary. Source: CNN.com - Dobbs: Patience favors the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan - Sep 13, 2006