There are two tried and disproved methods for dealing with insurrection in a non-Western country. The third and reliable method is not to go there in the first place. The fourth is get out with such grace as is possible, as rapidly as possible. President Barack Obama may be looking at the last option, hitherto [...]
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The Real Reason Why Afghanistan Is a Lost Cause
January 7th, 2011 
ProBlogger As Gen. David Petraeus assumed his new command in Afghanistan this week, he took up a strategy that has already failed — though not for the reasons most people assume. Certainly, as most everyone knows, the battle plan appears hopeless. Every night in Marja, Taliban killers post “night letters” in mosques and other public places, [...]
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