Yes, I've noticed that too. I think 20/20 is doing an unflattering piece on Afghanistan tonite.
As far as Iraq, the adding of troops has lowered violence quite a bit but, what now ?
It's stay the course again in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are fighting wars, but there are is no sense of urgency. There are no exit policies. We have a lot of permanent bases in both places and we will need a lot of soldiers in both places.