The President IS making a decision regarding that quagmire: we ain't sending in 40,000 MORE troops. We already have 68,000 troops there, the definition of 'winning' has NEVER been defined and, whatever definition we come up with, is NOT achievable. Bet on that and join the chorus to exit from a place we never should have gone into in the first place.
It will take some 32 years for USA to pay off their national debt of $12 Trillion if USA pays off $1 billion per day. Basically it is over for USA. Politicians are too weak and useless. They have failed USA.
A reasonable consideration is that Obama is intentionally damaging America to be looked favorably upon by world Muslim leaders. At a minimum, he's a pathological narcissist... who is power hungry [wants to be "the Big Cheese" at any cost] while living large on the public's dime. Can't imagine a worse leader for the USA (maybe Woodrow Wilson)...