We Lost the War in Afghanistan. Get over It

[notlukesky]

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/11/we-lost-the-war-in-afghanistan-get-over-it/

[hooch]

I guess if the goal is to surreptitiously transfer public wealth into private hands, such a “war” is a huge success.

[tibbydudeza]

It was called operation "Enduring Freedom" , should have called it "Enduring Failure" instead.

[RachelF]

The USA has learned what the Soviets and British did before them.

[chriselles]

“Pakistan can’t guarantee the success of Afghanistan, but it can certainly guarantee it’s continued failure.”

An expression I heard while in Afghanistan on/off between 2012-2014.

Kunduz Airlift(airbridge to exfiltrate key leadership & ISI)

OBL in Abbottabad(like finding Hitler in West Point, NY 1955)

“The Wrong Enemy” by Carlotta Gal(published a decade late)

At most, it should have remained a special operations and support only mission because our allies were not really our allies.

[jdkee]

Glad that Bolton is out.