YES and NO.
In Pakistan, the drones should have taken out a lot of Pakistani supporters of the Taliban.
And the ground troops should be pulled out which Obama will largely do (he’s announced his intention) in the next two years.
He’ll leave a tripwire force just like we have in South Korea right now most likely.
Afghanistan will end up just another no-win war stalemate in the post-World War II tradition of Republicans and Democrats.
One day we’ll have too many stalemates, too many tripwires and some aggresive nation is going to call our bluff. Somebody as got to break this hopeless endless pattern of growing obligations and that is the appeal of what Paul is talking about.