Good analysis from the other day. Bottom line: Malaya not a good analogy, and this—”the central problem, of course, is that America has lost the battle for time in the Global War on Terror. It has implicitly conceded, both to its domestic and international constituencies, the unacceptability of prolonging the process for more a few more years. In short, it has taken Krepinevich’s scenario, if ever it were valid, off the table.”