WARNINGS ABOUT THE "GOOD WAR" – AT 11:34 A.M. ET:  Wasn't Afghanistan the "good war"?  Isn't that what Obama said when he first ran for president?  Iraq:  bad.  Afghanistan:  good.  Well, apparently it is good no more, and not worth much of Obama's attention.  There's a new player on the block.  From the Jerusalem Post: 

AFGHANISTAN - US Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned of the threat from Islamic State in Afghanistan during a surprise visit on Friday days after the Pentagon painted a grim picture of worsening security there.

Carter met troops at a US base near the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province, where about 600 US troops are stationed. Operating Base Fenty is a hub for training, logistics and counter-terrorism efforts across eastern Afghanistan.

Islamic State has seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria and in recent months mounted attacks on Afghan security forces in Nangarhar.

The group competes with the Taliban for territory and recruits, say US officials.

US Army General John Campbell, who leads international forces in Afghanistan, said Islamic State had coalesced over the last five or six months in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces and had been fighting the Taliban for several months.

He estimated there were between 1,000 and 3,000 members of Islamic State in Afghanistan and said its presence had forced the Taliban to re-direct some resources away from fighting Afghan security forces.

COMMENT:   We wish both the Taliban and ISIS could lose, but one will probably emerge victorious. 

We are even losing in the "good" war because we have a commander-in-chief who is indifferent.  The next president will have his (or her) hands full, while Obama goes off and becomes a citizen of the world.

December 19, 2015