Meanwhile, their Afghanistan endgame may as well be called The Bon Jovi Strategy, which might be a kind of baller way to experience a night in New Jersey but is annihilatingly depressing to anticipate dying for. Basically:

1. We’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got.
2. We’re halfway there (to functionally rebuilding a country).
3. We’re living on a prayer (that we don’t fucking die).