that IS a stretegy.
afghanistan is a huge pile of rocks and a big crowd of cavemen. it’s too prehistoric to “win”; it can only be “managed”, and you do that by dropping bombs and turning bad guys into drone splatter.
The quotes from these senators sound preposterous.
You’re exactly right.
The Brits, the Russians, will agree...
Let's go even further: There is nothing in that place worth the price of an American bomb or bullet, let alone the live of a single American.
We need to get the hell out of that place, let the b@$+@rd$ kill each other off --like they've been doing for thousands of years-- and focus American Blood and Treasure on real problem areas.
i can't think of any nation that Light-in-the-loafers Lindsey Graham wouldn't invade.
If Graham is that concerned, I suggest that he gear up and go to Afghanistan and show us all how it is done. Never happen! He would get within a 1000 miles of a bullet being fired from a gun.
I’ve said before on old threads...
Hit their poppy fields with napalm and remove their source of income that funds their leaders and fighters.
“Winning” in ALL its dimensions in Afghanistan is and has been no secret. The problems have for the most part NOT been U.S. policy as they have been a lack of a truly capable and truly committed Afghan government and population. When Afghans in sufficient numbers are committed to “winning” then even U.S. policy will not matter as much as that change. Until then, changes in U.S. policy, minus total WWII style occupation, will not be factors that change much in a war too many in Afghanistan are committed to dragging on.