(Note: This post was published before Obama's speech, but remains an excellent guide.) If you cannot speak very intelligently about U.S. policy in Afghanistan, you are not alone. Right now the debate on Afghanistan raging in the media is dominated by hawks on the right saying President Obama is "dithering," and anti-war protesters on the left saying President Obama is becoming "just like Bush."  Meanwhile, the broadcast media has decided the Tiger Woods story is the big issue of the day. (more...)