Time To Leave Afghanistan -- Michael YonThis war is going to turn out badly. We are wasting lives and resources while the United States decays and other threats emerge. We led the horse to water.
Importantly, there is no value in pretending that Pakistan is an ally. We should wish the best of luck to the Afghans, and the many peaceful Pakistanis, and accelerate our withdrawal of our main battle force. The US never has been serious about Afghanistan. Under General Petraeus we were starting to gain ground, but the current trajectory will land us in the mud.
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My Comment: One of the reasons why I started this blog was to unload thoughts and criticisms of the Afghan conflict .... that we over-extended our stay and that we should have left in 2003 or 2004. Michael Yon is now coming around to the same conclusion .... that our "time is now up" in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, his (and mine) is still a minority opinion.
But all is not lost .... I predict that after the 2012 US Presidential election, the call to leave Afghanistan will start to escalate (big time) .... and like Iraq .... we will be gone before anyone knows (or cares).