President Obama’s announcement of a “drawdown” in Afghanistan was treated as a major watershed. Despite the ultimately trivial size of the move, it has sparked a new debate about the war and seems to have placated a number of people as a move “out” of Afghanistan.
Incredibly, in the context of this “drawdown” US military leaders are said to be looking at launching a “mini-surge” into Afghanistan, adding a number of special operations forces in hopes of increasing the military’s fighting power in the nation.
Military officials made no secret of their opposition to even the small drawdown, and warned it was risky. Now it seems they are taking the war to an even more dangerous level of escalation, behind the back of the American public.
There are currently some 100,000 US troops and 50,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan, nearly a threefold increase over the levels in the nation before President Obama took over. The “drawdown” announced would technically only remove a fraction of what was added during his administration, and only by the end of 2012.
150,000 troops representing the US and NATO in Afghanistan – they represent the most powerful military on planet Earth – and – they are getting beat by the people of Afghanistan who represent the legacy of that country as being "the graveyard of soldiers and of empires" having defeated every invader of that country.
Ten years of war in Afghanistan and EVERY American and NATO soldier has died in vain – for LIES told by their leaders.
History is never kind to those too arrogant and stupid not to learn its lessons – the war in Afghanistan was LOST ten years ago when the first invading American soldiers entered that foreboding land.
Exactly right, N V V W. Just as the Vietnam war was lost when the first invading American soldiers landed there. How mad our "leaders" must be to do this over and over again. Yes, they're making billions of dollars, but sealing all of our fates (and theirs) in the process.