Thursday, January 4, 2018

This Is Why The Taliban Cannot Win In Afghanistan


Seth G. Jones, Foreign Policy: Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan

Too Weak for Victory, Too Strong for Defeat.

We must face facts,” remarked Senator John McCain in August 2017, “we are losing in Afghanistan and time is of the essence if we intend to turn the tide.” He is not the only one who has argued that the Taliban are on the march. “The Taliban are getting stronger, the government is on the retreat, they are losing ground to the Taliban day by day,” Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, a retired Afghan general who was the Afghan government’s military envoy to Helmand Province until 2016, told the New York Times over the summer. Media outlets have likewise proclaimed that “The Taliban do look a lot like they are winning” and that this is “The war America can’t win.”

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WNU Editor: The above analysis is spot on.

Update: I am not optimistic that this will succeed .... Pentagon pushing for more aggressive Afghan military in 2018: report (The Hill). More here .... Top US commander wants more aggressive Afghan push this year (AP).
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM

    Man , if someone can just read some history
    and i would wager they will never back down , they will continue till the end ( ending of US that is) graveyard of empires indeed .

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  2. UnknownJanuary 4, 2018 at 10:12 PM

    Afghanistan has been conquered many times

    Persians
    Alexander the Great (How else did the Kingdom of Bactria come into being?)
    Kidarites
    Hepthalites
    Kushans
    Sassanids
    Mongols
    Timur the Lame
    Mughal Empire
    Durani

    If the US had not been involved, the USSR would have totally crushed the Afghanis. Furthermore Islam would have had a good chance of being relegated to the ash heap of history.

    Man if someone could get out more and read history. I mean like DANG, man!

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