Posted by
heresyarch's Contra Mundum on Monday, January 23, 2012 4:14:37 PM
Michael Yon says its time to throw in the towel. Will neocons like Hughie Hewitt or Gary Bauer agree?
In a post entitled
"Time to Leave Afghanistan", he writes:
This war is going to turn out badly. We are wasting lives and
resources while the United States decays and other threats emerge. We
led the horse to water.
Importantly, there is no value in pretending that Pakistan is an
ally. We should wish the best of luck to the Afghans, and the many
peaceful Pakistanis, and accelerate our withdrawal of our main battle
force. The US never has been serious about Afghanistan. Under General
Petraeus we were starting to gain ground, but the current trajectory
will land us in the mud.
The enemies will never beat us in Afghanistan. Force on force, the
Taliban are weak by comparison. Yet this is their home. There is only
so much we can do at this extreme cost for the many good Afghan people.
We must reduce our main effort and concentrate on other matters. Time
to come home.
Sincerely,
Michael Yon