Adam Smith actually said...

"To my mind, is not a logical thing for American counterterrorism purposes."

"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 Afghanistan and in Pakistan."

"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."