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July 12, 2011, Washington, DC - In triumphant testimony before a joint committee of the United States Congress in which he was greeted on both sides of the aisle as a conquering hero, General David Petraeus announced the withdrawal this month of the first 1,000 American troops from Afghanistan.

Let's say that Petraeus does return to Washington in what, these days, passes for triumph. The question is: So what? Or rather, could success in Afghanistan prove worse for Americans than failure?

Heroes dont stop being heroes when they leave the battlefield, no matter what they leave behind. A group of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many having suffered physical impairments as a cost of their service, traveled through Pekin by bike Saturday while on a journey across the nation they served.

The former head of the Cleveland Green Building Coalition now resides in Vancouver, British Columbia after six years as Chicago's chief environmental officer; Ohio veterans of the Persia Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq wars will need to wait a little longer for their "thank you" bonuses from taxpayers.

Uncertainty is depleting President Obama's political support for escalation in Afghanistan.