This British guy makes a lot of good points.

If Kuwait grew carrots we wouldn't give a damn.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.

It says something about what the professional military is thinking. It's like they're saying, 'I thought these guys knew what they were doing.

But on balance I'd say we had a net loss. Unfortunately, these other issues dominated that expose the US to charges of hypocrisy.

I think he has now bought himself some time to withdraw slowly. But that assumes everything goes as planned next year.