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Question for Americans: How can we as a nation even consider using our military for another "surge" in Afghanistan when the "surge" in Iraq has left little more imprint on the sands of Mesopotamia than the receding tide?
This, to clarify, is not the antiwar Left writing. I am writing from a pro-military, anti-jihad point of view that has long seen futility in the U.S. nation-building strategy in Iraq, and now sees futility in the rerun in Afghanistan. Problem is, the same blind spot afflicts both strategies: the failure to understand that an infidel nation cannot fight for the soul...
Our Iraq Strategy is Now a Tale of "Diminishing Returns"
Who would be hurt more Europe or the U.S. if the Taliban were to gain in strength? Where would most the car bombs and murder of journalists take place?
If Europe does not see the necessity of fighting in Afganistan neither should we.