Syrian Democratic Forces and U.S. troops are seen during a patrol near the Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, November 4, 2018. (Rodi Said/REUTERS)
David French, NRO: The Frustrating Necessity of Staying in Syria and Afghanistan, Explained
We almost certainly know who will dominate in our absence, and we know their hostile intent.
One of the primary problems with our endless debates over (seemingly) endless American conflicts with jihadists overseas is that we rarely go back to first principles. We rarely take a step back and accurately define our strategic and tactical challenge. We don’t do this in debates between pundits, and we don’t do it in public arguments. Instead, all too often we resort to sloganeering and sniping, with serious pieces like those of my colleagues Andy McCarthy and Michael Brendan Dougherty (who disagree, by the way, with my counsel to stay in Syria) the welcome exceptions to the dreary rule.
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WNU editor: There is no overwhelmingly public will in the U.S. to keep U.S. military forces in Syria or Afghanistan, and there is certainly no strategy or plan on how to defeat the foes that the above author David French believes are a threat to he U.S.. But to me this discussion is all moot. In the end the people in these trouble spots are going to determine (for better or worse) what their future will be. And keeping a few thousand U.S. soldiers here or there is not going to make a difference.
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What are the biggest impediments U.S. forces have in dealing with the insurgency in Afghanistan?
Support the Taliban receive from the local population.
Civilian can target you with a light switch. If you catch them doping it, well the little libbies will come out in droves to support them, bless their evil little hearts.
Think of the civilians as shooting an azimuth thereby giving nearby insurgents an angle to traverse, but not the angle of inclination they need. It is not complete data but it is useful. What should be done with such a civilian? They wear no military clothing.
The decision to stop sacrificing the lives of young men and women of the US military (many also suffer for years grievously wounded) in never ending foreign wars is not "sloganeering and sniping".
Finally! We need our at home or for our own interest. That's not selfishness, that's pragmatic.
"sloganeering and sniping"
No one said that on this thread. Are feeling guilty?
"sloganeering and sniping" is a phrase used by David French, the author of "The Frustrating Necessity of Staying in Syria and Afghanistan, Explained"
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