Yesterday, a headline read, "Petraeus Plays Down Afghan Expectations". No shocker there and an extremely wise move. One of his first when taking control of the Iraq war plan. Back in the day, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfield seemed to be constantly assuring all that the end of the hostilities was just around the corner with the brief caveat that it would still require long, hard work. Petraeus had the hard job of telling them it was more like it was going to require long, hard work before we...