Trump laid out his detailed plan. Got to listen and comprehend what he said.
He is not going to lay out his timelines for the fighting effort or how he is going to deal with other nations for their help.
Democrats fell short on obtaining talking points for attacking him. No details is all they have right now.

President Trump Begins Familiar Strategic Process – Pakistan Assigned Ownership of Afghanistan Extremism…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/08/22/president-trump-begins-familiar-strategic-process-pakistan-assigned-ownership-of-afghanistan-extremism/#more-137524

Anyone understand what he is doing yet?
Money talks in obtaining support to defeat an opponent.
The US is a big power player when it comes to money.

President Trump is allowing generals to do what generals do best, keep their mouths shut and do what they need to do. Quite a change from the past 8 years of micromanagement of the military while giving a movement by movement to the press.

Russia was smart, they got out of Afghanistan. Trump is just prolonging the inevitable.