WASHINGTON -- The early review on President Barack Obama's withdrawal plans for U.S. forces on Afghanistan is that, in an effort to give each side something to cheer about, it pleased no one at all.
The New York Times' Maureen Dowd encapsulated the dynamic when, in her Sunday column, she called Obama "bi" -- not in the sexuality sense but in his never-ending quest for binary partisan approval. The many disapproving reactions from Democrats and Republicans and generals only further cemented the image of a president hopelessly trying to straddle the middle ground.
But there is one key actor in the Afghanistan strategy review who emerged quite pleased: Vice President Joseph Biden, by nearly all accounts, proved successful in moving the debate away from one pole and towards his geo-strategic worldview.
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