Here's a somewhat odd pairing: both Russ Feingold and George Will agree that it's time to start thinking about a withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Feingold, last Friday in the Wall Street Journal:

Ending al Qaeda's safe haven in Pakistan is a top national security priority. Yet our operations in Afghanistan will not do so, and they could actually contribute to further destabilization of Pakistan. Meanwhile, we've become embroiled in a nation-building experiment that may distract us from combating al Qaeda and its affiliates, not just in Pakistan, but in Yemen, the Horn of Africa and other terrorist sanctuaries.

We need to start discussing a flexible timetable to bring our brave troops out of Afghanistan. Proposing a timetable doesn't mean giving up our ability to go after al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Far from it: We should continue a more focused military mission that includes targeted strikes on Taliban and al Qaeda leaders, and we should step up our long-term civilian efforts to deal with the corruption in the Afghan government that has helped the Taliban to thrive. But we must recognize that our troop presence contributes to resentment in some quarters and hinders our ability to achieve our broader national security goals.

And Will:

"[F]orces should be substantially reduced to serve a comprehensively revised policy: America should do only what can be done from offshore, using intelligence, drones, cruise missiles, airstrikes and small, potent special forces units, concentrating on the porous 1,500-mile border with Pakistan, a nation that actually matters," Will writes in the column, scheduled for publication later this week.
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In the column, Will warns that any nation-building strategy could be impossible to execute given the Taliban's ability to seemingly disappear into the rugged mountain terrain and the lack of economic development in the war-plagued nation.

We've got to hear a coherent Afghanistan strategy from the administration. Without one, it's pretty obvious that the escalation there could further destabilize the region.