If you believed America's longest war, in Afghanistan, was coming to an end, be advised: It is not.
Departing U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell says there will need to be U.S. boots on the ground "for years to come." Making good on President Obama's commitment to remove all U.S. forces by next January, said Campbell, "would put the whole mission at risk."
"Afghanistan has not achieved an enduring level of security and stability that justifies a reduction of our support. ... 2016 could be no better and possibly worse than 2015."
Translation: A U.S. withdrawal would risk a Taliban takeover with Kabul becoming the new Saigon and our Afghan friends massacred.
Fifteen years in, and we are stuck.
More @ Rasmussen
"Afghanistan has not achieved an enduring level of security and stability that justifies a reduction of our support. ... 2016 could be no better and possibly worse than 2015."
ReplyDeleteIt never has. It never will. Warfare is the nature of their people. From Alexander to the United States, it has always been at war with either each other, or with outsiders.
Bring our troops home and let the Afghans figure it out like they always have.
Bring our troops home and let the Afghans figure it out like they always have.
DeleteI've amazed that nations ally with us after Vietnam. Brain-dead.
Heh. Just a thought on my part, and certainly not all the puzzle pieces, but I think Russia has achieved what it wanted - us in Afghanistan, draining our resources, killing and maiming our men.
ReplyDeleteObama can't match wits with Putin, that's for sure.:)
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