Adam Smith actually said...

We need to find some way to contain that and hopefully get us to the point where we can have a peaceful and reasonably stable regime in Afgh...

We would like to see a smoother transition in Afghanistan.

That said, we have got to hand off responsibility at some point and I think it is important we have done this in a stairstep manner.

The stability of the Afghan Government still is plagued with corruption and plagued with a number of difficulties.