How can America possibly be a "Paper Tiger" when it has the most powerful and best equipped military that the planet has ever known? Easy. Elect people to office who do not possess the will to use it when necessary.

McQ at BlackFive makes the point that if there ever were any doubts about the capabilities of this country's military they have been long dispelled. If Osama bin Laden was talking about our men and women in uniform when he waxed eloquent about "weak horses" and "strong horses" he has been kicking himself in the ass for 7 years for being such an idiot.

If he was referring to America's will to employ our military through difficult and sometimes drawn-out circumstances where casualties could begin to mount then the board was cleared and a new game was started as soon as Barack Obama finished the oath of office.

Which is not to say that Barack Obama won't continue to pursue the war as aggressively as George Bush did. He well may.

One advantage to having Barack Obama in the White House now (assuming he does have the will to pursue our enemies effectively, as opposed to cosmetically, like Bill Clinton, Scourge of the Desert Tents) is that he won't have to fight half of Congress and the entire Mainstream Media also. For six and a half years the press hasn't been in the news business so much as it has the "Bush is wrong" business.

If President Obama pursues a "Surge" in Afghanistan, Harry Reid is unlikely to ever proclaim it a failure, much less before the surge troops even arrive in-country as he did with the surge in Iraq. If MSNBC is any example, any move by the Obama Administration will be accompanied only by accolades or by excuses as to why it was the fault of the previous administration. After a couple of years the excuses will necessarily be exchanged for silence on the topic.

But for now let us hope he has the will to fight a just fight. And that the Mainstream Press and the Harry Reid's of the world stay true to form and continue to determine how just a cause is by who it is that is waging it.