Trump's War in Afghanistan is stuck in the muck
Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 6:46 am
After giving every indication that he intended to end this quagmire to get elected, he now owns it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/01/the-us-and-afghanistan-cant-win-the-war-cant-stop-it-cant-leaveThe latest, dreadful suicide bombings in Kabul and Kandahar, which killed more than 50 people on Monday, have again focused attention on the continuing failure of American-led efforts to stabilise the country. After 16 years of conflict, critics say, the US is in a triple bind: it cannot win the war, it cannot halt the war, and it cannot leave.