So Obama delivered a pretty speech today. That's great, I'm sure he inspired a ton of people and stuff.

But Afghanistan is called the Graveyard of Empires for a very good reason, and this "surge" that is being proposed is almost guaranteed not to work. Oh sure, they'll probably clear the Taliban out of the urban areas and send them right back up into the mountains again. But then what?

Or better yet, let's have the Daily Show's esteemed John Oliver explain it to us perfectly.