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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The round-the-clock killing of U.S. military advisers by Afghan soldiers they are training coupled with some $200 million worth of jet fighters and attack helicopters destroyed in a heavily fortified allied base in Afghanistan by Taliban guerrillas disguised in U.S. military uniforms are the latest reminders that 11 years of fighting have strengthened rather than weakened the Islamist enemy.
With more than 70 percent of the American people polled saying they are against the Afghan war as well as prolonging it to the end of 2014, the time to reassess the NATO commitment -- originally made to punish al-Qaida and chase it out of Afghanistan, not to wet-nurse a feudal society into democracy -- is past overdue.
-- Arnaud de Borchgrave for UPI
Yup, we should have declared victory a long time ago and left, when it looked like we were kind of on top. It's not going to look as good now to leave, but it is not likely to get better.
With more than 70 percent of the American people polled saying they are against the Afghan war as well as prolonging it to the end of 2014, the time to reassess the NATO commitment -- originally made to punish al-Qaida and chase it out of Afghanistan, not to wet-nurse a feudal society into democracy -- is past overdue.
-- Arnaud de Borchgrave for UPI
Yup, we should have declared victory a long time ago and left, when it looked like we were kind of on top. It's not going to look as good now to leave, but it is not likely to get better.
