Barack Obama wants to withdraw American troops from Iraq and deploy them to the war in Afghanistan.

Or, as some might put it, the Illinois senator wants to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire.

As one of the first stops on his highly-publicized tour of the Middle and Europe, Obama paid a visit to Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Kabul yesterday. During this meeting, the Democratic candidate reiterated his belief that the U.S. needs to withdraw military...