Tom Freidman this morning on Obama and Afghanistan:

I have no problem with the president taking his time to figure this out. He and we are going to have to live with this decision for a long time.

Really? Obama's first position on Afghanistan, announced on March 27 and billed as a "comprehensive new strategy" arrived at after the "conclusion of a careful policy review," lasted all of six months.

What's to say Obama won't announce yet another new strategy - either some sort of middleground or a full on surge - and then revisit it after a few months?

The only decision that would have significant and irreparable long term consequences is a total withdrawal - something the White House has already taken off the table completely.