No Light at End of Afghan Tunnel — Letters to the Editor - WSJ.com: "I recently watched a Special Forces soldier honored for his bravery. During the reading of the citations for the Silver and Bronze Stars he received, it was clearly noted that the Afghan National Security Forces he was serving with had cut and run during two separate firefights. What I heard that day is contrary to what Frederick Kagan and Kimberly Kagan write in "The 'Andar Uprising' and Progress in Afghanistan" (op-ed, Oct. 4).I have embedded on several occasions with American soldiers in Kandahar province, and I have watched as Afghan forces repeatedly left the conducting of combat operations to the American-led International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF.
Soldiers told me that ISAF really means "I Saw Americans Fight." Based on my experiences, these words are true more often than not.
What is clear to many Americans is that the Taliban is waiting for the 2014 withdrawal of American forces, and that there is no clear path to America achieving its security objectives.
It is time to end the wishful thinking about the so-called efficacy of the Afghans and bring our service members home.
J.M. Simpson
Lakewood, Wash."
All that Obama has left to defend the war in Afghanistan is people like the Kagans. The "end" of this war is going to be a fiasco.
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