The 3 wars in Afghanistan

[longknife]

I bet this claim stuns most people. 3 wars? What are they talking about?



Well, this Brookngs piece does an excellent job of laying out exactly what we’ve been facing there for over a decade and a half.



There are multiple interconnected and interactive wars in Afghanistan. They go back decades to the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. U.S. strategy has to address the complexities of the multiple conflicts.



War 1: Terrorists

War 2: Civil War

War 3: Regional War



And the big Question Numero Uno is how the hell do we win them? Do you concentrate on one and ignore the other two?



And nowhere in this piece does it discuss the biggest hindrance to winning, overcoming the 8th Century tribalism of the population of all the countries in the region.



Full story @ The 3 wars in Afghanistan

 

[Sunni Man]

Exactly what is there to "Win" in Afghanistan? ....

 

[longknife]

Exactly what is there to "Win" in Afghanistan? ....

Absolutely nothing!

 

[Sunni Man]

I agree with Pres. Trump on every issue except sending more troops to Afghanistan.

There is no "Victory" to be achieved; and nothing material to be gained.

The place is a bottomless taxpayer money pit.

Why waste more soldiers lives for nothing? .....