Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Time To Rethink Afghanistan


"We're f*#!ing losing this thing." - Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hicks

They call Afghanistan the "graveyard of empires" for a reason.

Karen DeYoung of the Washington Post: "The U.S. military has systematically overstated or failed to adequately measure the capabilities of Afghan security forces, whose performance is key to the Obama administration's exit strategy for the war, according to a new government audit. Efforts to prepare and equip Afghan forces are also plagued by a shortage of U.S.-led coalition trainers and mentors and a corrupt and inadequate Afghan logistics system."

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