U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, left, talks to troops as they take a short break while on patrol near Wanat Village in the Waygul Valley, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2011. Volesky is the Combined Joint Task Force-1 and Regional Command-East Deputy Commanding General Maneuver, and the soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Zackary RootThis War Can Still Be Won -- Fernando M. Lujan, New York Times
RETURNING home after 14 months in Afghanistan, I’ve sensed a growing gloom over the American war effort there. Many of the policy wonks, politicos and academics I encounter here seem resigned to failure.
While sipping their Starbucks, a few mutter the word “unwinnable.” They speak in grim sound bites: A gunfight on the United States Embassy’s doorstep. A helicopter shot out of the sky. But before people outside the Beltway accept this hardening conventional wisdom as fact, allow me to offer a different view.
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My Comment: I do not share this "optimistic" point of view .... but it is still worth a read because it does give a slight glimmer of hope that not all is lost in Afghanistan.