Well certainly not good for America war isnt good for any country. But man it actually makes alot more sense from a outsiders perspective, I mean when the bush administration was in they came in did damage and then left...This included letting Osama Bin Laden get away as it would have been inconvenient for them to catch him then thus rendering there righteous war in Iraq void...They really still wanted to stay in Iraq due to oil.
Obama is really just gonna do the job properly and I suspect it would be of great news to britain who are still bogged down in that mountainous guerilla warfare heaven for any ardent terrorist/freedom fighter(this is subjective to view point)
Also this is only my opinion but which makes alot of sense....Besides the now economic crisis in the years to come we face a resource crisis and although russia is now the west ally they have had fall outs with europe threatened to turn of there gas supplies etc.....The georgia crap and then all that missile shield stuff too. You would be most unwise to basically discount russia as a world power anymore just cause the USSR collapsed. Did I say that china is also south of the border too?
Just play tom clancy's end war game😛 In short afghanistan is also a very important strategic location the ruskies werent just in there due to there own problems with muslim militants its literally the swinging door that works both ways: Into europe or into russia.
PS> having mention the oil thing I feel its fair to also point out that all of the UN not just america where up to skullduggery in Iraq....That food for oil crap.