Lt. Gen. Scott Miller, the Commander of the Joint Special Operations Command, speaks at a Jordanian dining facility at the New Joint Training Center, April 5, 2018. (U.S. Army photo/Whitney Hughes)
Task & Purpose: Top US Commander In Afghanistan: We Won't Be Seeing A Military Victory
In the week before President Donald Trump's reported decision to abruptly withdraw 7,000 U.S. service members from Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there all but admitted that the 17-year-old war there will not end with a military victory for the Pentagon.
"This fight will go until a political settlement," Army Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and the Resolute Support mission there, told CNN when asked whether the Afghan campaign against the Taliban had reached a stalemate. "These are two sides that are fighting against one another, and neither one of them will achieve a military victory at this stage."
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WNU Editor: Army Gen. Scott Miller is stating the obvious, unlike past commanders who always claimed that victory was at hand.
Well, as far as I know, there was no goal which can say what a victory is. That's the wrong way for a military goal.
ReplyDeleteCall it a razzia, claim victory, leave, and be done with it... until the next razzia
ReplyDeleteI have stated many times here; victory is impossible and the US/NATO needs to refocus on the population centers and rule from the air. Create strong points and get out of the rural areas; else leave it for dead.
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