One of Obama’s other pledges during the campaign was to wind down Afganistan. Instead we are getting sucked further into an unwinable conflict.
The Russians learned as did every other invading force since the year zero that Afganistan is not conquer-able. And now we are fighting the very troups that we trained to fight the Russians.
The losers in Afganistan wars include Alexander the Great, England, Russia, and soon America. The tribal nature of the people, and ridiculous terrain make winning a war almost impossible.
Unfortunately, the alternative is another 100,000 people on unemployment.