abe23
Active Member
Nice rant....but read the article. Seriously.
This isn't about humanitarianism. I just don't think we have a chance at succeeded at the mission we've set and even those who are proponents of the strategy (i.e. mcchrystal and petraeus) admit that it would take years. I'm seriously starting to doubt that any of this COIN stuff can actually work in afghanistan. Even in iraq, it was more internal politics that ended that violence there more than anything we did...
This isn't about humanitarianism. I just don't think we have a chance at succeeded at the mission we've set and even those who are proponents of the strategy (i.e. mcchrystal and petraeus) admit that it would take years. I'm seriously starting to doubt that any of this COIN stuff can actually work in afghanistan. Even in iraq, it was more internal politics that ended that violence there more than anything we did...