12 and a half years in, the Afghan War is still raging, as violent as ever, and with commanders continuing to claim “progress” that never seems to mean anything tangible on the ground.
But even though this “progress” is entirely illusory, Pentagon officials love to talk about how much more military commitment is needed to avoid losing it. Today, the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph Dunford, warned that all this progress was not sustainable.
“In coming months that is our emphasis; to ensure those gains are sustainable and continued support by the international community will be necessary,” Dunford added. He also said that NATO’s role post-2014 was being “reoriented” with an eye toward building the Afghan military.
That’s been the biggest stumbling block for years in Afghanistan, with efforts to create a huge military that the Afghan government could never possibly afford, and the huge amount of desertions has them coping with massive turnover and a combat force with a lot of rookie fighters at any given time.
Dunford’s comments focused a lot on the Afghan military’s lack of readiness, saying that while NATO expected to deal with logistics problems post-2014 there are a lot of other problems related to “quality” in the Afghan forces that the occupation will be coping with for years to come.
This is still about 'winning' isn't it? Seen the documentary by that name? "This is What Winning Looks Like"
Gen. Joseph Dunford is only concerned with his legacy. He knows they're not going to win this war…success was never in the cards – hell, it probably never ever crossed their minds that they might win…that was not the agenda. Perpetual war is the agenda, from the beginning. Take a look at how much profit the MIC has made since 2001…it's mind-boggling.
And people wonder why the national infrastructure is failing? Why American people are starving in our cities and communities. It's because the Congress and the Administration don't really care about the common people.