Quote:
Originally Posted by BobKat1
I can't speak for this forum, but there has been a lot of coverage about the war in Afghanistan both locally and nationally. It's not going well and IMO will ontinue drag on like Iraq.
|
Tactics necessary to succeed in Afghanistan require a lot of public support. The Russians learned the hard way that conventional military approaches don't work there. It's a "special operations" environment, and that often is a many-year, consensus-building effort in which mega-force operations can hinder results.
I hope this White House doesn't want to "play soldier" with military operations as the Clinton administration did in Somalia and a couple other spots. When amateurs go from setting goals to trying to run the show, there are always more casualties.