U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. David W. Roberts, left, participates in a security patrol in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Oct. 7, 2012. Roberts, an adjutant, is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, which conducted the patrol in an effort to disrupt enemy activity in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar Contreras
Not Losing In Afghanistan -- John Nagy, Washington Post
Americans haven’t lost a war in so long, we’ve forgotten what doing so looks like — and what it costs. The only war that we undeniably lost was the Vietnam War; thrown out of the country literally under fire, we abandoned our allies to a horrific fate and left behind a legacy of terror in the region, breaking our Army in the process.
Despite the miasma of discontent with the effort, the United States and its many allies are not losing in Afghanistan. The spate of “green on blue” killings of U.S. soldiers by members of the Afghan security forces — some Taliban infiltrators, but mostly disgruntled or frustrated Afghans after a decade of foreign occupation — is a serious threat to our partnership strategy. After a temporary stand-down, to allow reactions to cartoons and videos caricaturing the prophet Muhammad to pass, joint patrols have resumed. We are proceeding with our plan to hand over primary responsibility for security to the Afghans by the end of 2014.
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My Comment: We may not be losing, but we are certainly not winning. After 11 years of war .... this stalemate will need to be resolved by the Afghans themselves .... and for us .... it`s time to leave.