U.S. Senator John McCain speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
John McCain, RCD: A New Strategy for Afghanistan
America is adrift in Afghanistan. President Obama’s ‘don’t lose’ strategy has put us on a path to achieving the opposite result. Now, nearly seven months into President Trump’s administration, we’ve had no strategy at all as conditions on the ground have steadily worsened. The thousands of Americans putting their lives on the line in Afghanistan deserve better from their commander-in-chief.
Adopting a new strategy for achieving America’s national security interests in Afghanistan is a decision of the highest importance, one that should be subjected to rigorous scrutiny and debate within our government. But we must face facts: we are losing in Afghanistan and time is of the essence if we intend to turn the tide.
That is why, after consulting with some of our nation’s most experienced and respected former military and intelligence officials, I have filed an amendment to the defense authorization bill that outlines the strategy we need to achieve America’s national security interests in Afghanistan and the wider region.
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WNU Editor: He outlines a number of broad goals and objectives .... but sadly .... these same goals and objectives have been applied in the past, and they have failed. The Trump administration promised their Afghan strategy was going to be released in July .... but differences have postponed its release.
5 comments:
We have to leave Afghanistan, period. We can call that the way we want, it doesn't matter. We have to admit we make a mistake staying there.Donald Rumsfeld was right when he said, at the victory time: "we have nothing to do here, we are going back home". Unfortunately it was not the opinion of his boss G W Bush. This war is lost as the Vietnam was: politically.
Juan McShame. Dementia is a sad state. What new, enlightened solution is he proposing? Nothing. Senile old coot.
Dear Anon
I don't particularly like John but you are venom spouting misfit. When he served in the war, a hero, where were you...not back then but later on? school yard egging on bullies no doubt
fred labiades, actually i am a vet of 24 years service. what did you do, sychophant? mcshame's p.o.w. card is all he has had to ride. that and his keating five credentials. did he go to a va hospital for his recent treatment like the rest of us vets? f him. he's a career politicial hack. worship him, plebe.
The tumor got the best of him already
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