US Vice President Mike Pence poses with military leaders shortly after arriving at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on December 21, 2017
24Matins: Trump looks to the sky to force Taliban to the table
The war in Afghanistan may be entering its 17th year, but screams of military jet engines in the twinkling skies above Bagram Airfield show no sign of quieting.
This city-scale military base just north of Kabul has — like similar facilities in Kandahar and Jalalabad — become central to Donald Trump’s promise to succeed where his predecessors failed, and end the Afghan war on favorable terms.
Trump concluded a months-long strategy review in August. During that soul searching, the White House came to believe that the Obama administration underutilized America’s total aerial superiority. The skies, they believe, could hold one key to unlocking the conflict.
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WNU Editor: Air power is not enough to end the Afghan war .... but it will kill a lot of Taliban as well as civilians.
Hat tip to Fred for this link.
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