A De Facto Partition For Afghanistan -- IntelliBriefs
The Obama administration’s counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan seems headed for failure. Given the alternatives, de facto partition of Afghanistan is the best policy option available to the United States and its allies.
After the administration’s December Afghanistan review, the U.S. polity should stop talking about timelines and exit strategies and accept that the Taliban will inevitably control most of its historic stronghold in the Pashtun south. But Washington could ensure that north and west Afghanistan do not succumb to jihadi extremism, using U.S. air power and special forces along with the Afghan army and like-minded nations.
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My Comment: A sobering assessment on what may become our final options on Afghanistan. Unfortunately, this reminds me of what once Senator Biden mentioned (before running with the Senator Obama for the White House) should be Iraq's future .... a division of the country along religious, ethnic, and tribal lines.
There is some validity to this argument .... but fencing in a portion of the country to radical extremists does not resonate with me as a long term solution. If anything, it will only give these radical groups safe havens to continue their carnage on their neighbors and .... eventually .... us.