I can't per say agree with Kage69, I have always said Afghanistan was winnable, but given the Nato tactics we the American people choose, we grasped defeat from the jaws of victory. And ignored the lessons of every war college on earth, in any past successful military occupation in history, if you don't pony up 1 troop per 50 in population, the occupying power never wins the peace. In Afghanistan, that number would be 620,000, and never did we ever come up with a 1/5 of that.
But the very smart Dumsfeld fired Shinski for daring to question his wisdom, and now we have a Leon Pinhead telling us if we get to stay a few more days, we will kill ever terrorist in the region.
As we in America blame the stupid Afghan people who won't buy a turd when they see it. While I hope to ask, with the dumb tactics we used, our defeat was inevitable.
At least 3 trillion dollars down a two rat hole occupations, and 6000 thousand American lives pissed away too. We are on a roll here, lets get into an Iranian quagmire next. Do the math, a 85 million people Iran will take at least 1.7 million more troops. Isn't the third time a charm? Its the answer to our unemployment problem. Bring back the draft. After that we can fix the Pakistani wagon, and go back to Vietnam, and put the French back in control of South Vietnam. Meanwhile our funeral industry will blossom as we must greatly expand our National burial ground at Arlington. Its the neocon dream and the project for the new American century. The rapture and the second coming of Jesus Christ is just around the corner.
Our next President will have all the answers, especially since it won't be Ron Paul. If a little post traumatic stress is good, isn't more ever so much better?