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Jeremy Clarkson

Where am I?

President Obama declared on Tuesday that “the whole world” had a responsibility to help the US-led mission in Afghanistan. He would, he said, soon lay out the “obligations of our international partners”. Those partners have been waiting a long time for the details. On Monday the President had his tenth meeting with his advisers to work out his strategy for Afghanistan. He has now spent almost three months considering his options, and has promised an announcement on deployments after the Thanksgiving holiday.

For Gordon Brown, this cannot come too soon. After the United States, Britain is the largest contributor of troops...