Thanks a lot, Rolling Stone.

Sure, the Taliban is gaining strength, Hamid Karzai is demonstrably out of his mind and Karzai's government isn't seen by its own people as legitimate. But that doesn't mean the war is hopeless! Hugh Hewitt, who is a smart guy, knows what the real problem is:

here is the article that could lose the war in Afghanistan.

Yes, if the US decides that a) keeping a body count sucks and b) there are better ways to spend billions of dollars, it's of course the fault of Jann Wenner and Michael Hastings.

Nothing changes, you know? Way back when, Glenn Reynolds gave us a pretty good idea of who'd be to blame if Iraq went south:

The press had better hope we win this war, because if we don't, a lot of people will blame the media.

Anyway, tune in next week for the usual chest-beating about the demise of the lamestream media, which has no absolutely no influence whatsoever.