Clueless In Ghazni

An interesting piece, the more so because it clearly comes from a US commentator who believes in Obama and, apparently, in the 'war on (ahem) terror'
'Yet Obama’s strategy, as laid out in his speech, appears based on a series of unrealistic assumptions that are bound to undermine it. One has to wonder whether he has a Plan B in case the current plan fails.
The essence of Plan A, as the president expressed it: “The tide has turned. We broke the Taliban’s momentum. We’ve built strong Afghan security forces.
“We have begun a transition to Afghan responsibility for security.” By the end of 2014, “we will shift into a support role as Afghans step forward.”
In other words, Key Assumption One is that Afghan forces will be able to keep the country stable and prevent Afghanistan from reverting to a haven for al-Qaida or its allies.
Key Assumption Two: “We are building an enduring partnership” with the Afghans, said Obama, the centerpiece of which is a “Strategic Partnership Agreement” that the president signed in Kabul. This agreement is meant to signify we won’t abandon Afghanistan as we did after the Soviet Union was driven out in 1989, and after the Taliban was defeated in 1991.' LINK