John McCain actually said...

We are asking them to fight. We are asking them to risk their lives, and yet we will not give them the protection from the air attacks.

In my view, I conclude that it is an excuse that people use, frankly, to not have us involved.

That cannot be good for our interests over time.

I share that view, and the thing that is frustrating to me sometimes is all of this stuff that people accept--they have made a deal with ISI...