It's disappointing, to say the least, that after ten years in Afghanistan there seems not to be a strategy, or at least a strategy people can easily discern, one that's related to known security issues. Whatever U.S. policy is, if it can't be put into a single, simple, declarative sentence then its pursuit must be reassessed. To try to get at the truth of Afghanistan War Is A Crime.com turned to a recent U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, Ronald E. Neumann (2005-2007), who very graciously explained a few of the complexities. Total runtime fifty four minutes. Bellum nec timendum nec prÅvocandum.
I can explain U.S. strategy in one sentence: militarily defeat the Taliban and Pakistani Taliban in order to defeat al-Qaeda's Pakistani branch. Not that this "strategy" or the word "defeat" makes much sense.
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