Only time will tell, but doesn't it look like we should have been invading the country to the right at this point, if anyone? This war is 3 years old, that puts it at about the equivalent of '66 for the Veitnam war, wasn't the Tet offensive in '68, the point Kronkite said the war didn't look winnable?
Realistically, I see a country with a Federal government that doesn't have much influence far outside the capital, warlords controlling their region, and a U.S. force of about 20k playing whack-a-mole with insurgents. Just like Afghanistan. Is it success? Who's measuring?
Realistically, I see a country with a Federal government that doesn't have much influence far outside the capital, warlords controlling their region, and a U.S. force of about 20k playing whack-a-mole with insurgents. Just like Afghanistan. Is it success? Who's measuring?