U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Newman watches the sunrise after a dismounted patrol mission near Forward Operating Base Baylough, Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 19, 2009. Newman is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam ManciniFrom the Australian:
AUSTRALIA should be prepared for a long engagement in Afghanistan of a decade or more, according to leading US military strategists.
Kevin Rudd will hold his first face-to-face meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House this week just as Washington prepares to up the ante in Afghanistan, hoping allies commit more resources to the fight.
Part of that strategy is trying to galvanise not only the US public but also allies for the likelihood that the war in Afghanistan will last well into the next decade.
In an interview with The Australian, one of the US's leading counter-insurgency experts, John Nagl, said the eight-year campaign in Afghanistan was not even at the halfway point.
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My Comment: At the present rate of change in Afghanistan, we could be in Afghanistan for the next 20 to 30 years. Fighting a low intensity warfare with no end in sight.