No, my position is that after 16 years invested we need to either win it or cut our losses. I am not a great strategic thinker but it seems to me that we were much closer to winning in 2012 than we are now in terms of area controlled. Is your position that we should stay there for decades, spend lots more money, give up more ground and get more of our people killed without trying to win? That is what I think we have pretty much been doing for the past few years. What we are doing in Afghanistan looks like the definition of insanity to me, time to try something different.
I’m guessing that you are what we term an “armchair tactician”. The reasons we are still fighting are:
1. We are using minimal forces and assets to try to bring the local forces up to speed so that they can take over.
2. Obama cut our forces severely back, we stopped the momentum we had going.
3. Other cutbacks and withdrawals generated more enemies, i.e.; ISIS
Think you can do better, run for office - or better yet, sign up and fight. Conservatism ought to be the face of courage, not weak-kneed cowards.
Our country, our way of life, is either worth fighting for - or we will deserve what we get.