I guess we agree...I suggested no easy choice.  The larger problem then is for many nations and whether they....and the better angels of our US nature....are willing to support a variety of regional alliances and/or an honest reform of the United Nations.  I have long advocated for an international guarrantee for Afghanistan.....we stop fighting but Iran, India, Pakistan, and perhaps NATO set up parameters that forbid any one of these from setting up undue influence inside the country.  Currently much of the mess is a Pakistani proxy war...now Iran is getting in....and India might which is why Pakistan goes so crazy.....  I simply don't believe in the US being the top cop.