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Home Front: WoT
Why We DonÂ’t Win
2011-12-09
Posted by:Spaviling Phush3833

#6  Be aware that the above article is dated May 2010.
"This article appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of the Claremont Review of Books."
Posted by: Chuck   2011-12-09 19:40  

#5  Because one can't win if one refuses to understand the enemy?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2011-12-09 14:32  

#4  From the article: Curbing the Taliban may happen if and when these tribes manage to reestablish traditional balances of power and restraint among themselves.
As if Afghanistan ever had a balance of power and restraint. It switches from being a wretched hive of scum and villainy at war with itself to being a hotbed of terrorist exports.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-12-09 14:03  

#3  Point on Jim.

No one seems to ever want to see the conflict from the other side. Everything is written as though it's all 'going to plan' or that there are no problems facing them, that major failures have never happened or that their abilities have been curtailed.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-12-09 13:41  

#2  Osama's DEAD, the Taliban are defeated, and theyr "Military" in disarray, I'd say we are winning.

As the old sayung goes,"It ain;t over, tpll it's over".
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-12-09 12:55  

#1  "Hit" Piece against America."
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-12-09 12:51  

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