Well, it didn’t take long for officials in the Obama administration to “clarify” that whole “withdrawal” thing. SecDef Bob Gates says “…plans to begin withdrawing American troops in July 2011 are definite, yet flexible….” Ah, definite yet flexible. I like that. My pillow is firm, yet soft. My sponge is damp, yet dry. Not quite Rumsfeldian, but close. SecState Hillary Clinton calls it a a “real target for us to aim at.” Well, glad to hear we have a real target to aim at. National Security Adviser Jim Jones (there’s a name that inspires confidence, eh?) is a bit more clear: “…this is not a withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan in 2011…. [I]n no manner, shape or form is the United States leaving Afghanistan in 2011.” Well, alrightly then. Sounds like “withdrawing from Afghanistan” is the equivalent of “health care reform.”