George Will to Call for US Pullout of Ground Forces in Afghanistan

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[F]orces should be substantially reduced to serve a comprehensively revised policy: America should do only what can be done from offshore, using intelligence, drones, cruise missiles, airstrikes and small, potent special forces units, concentrating on the porous 1,500-mile border with Pakistan, a nation that actually matters,” Will writes in the column, scheduled for publication later this week.

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In the column, Will warns that any nation-building strategy could be impossible to execute given the Taliban’s ability to seemingly disappear into the rugged mountain terrain and the lack of economic development in the war-plagued nation.

Compare: An Afghan had his nose and ears cut off by the Taliban for voting.

Via Hot Air.

Kagan: Will Doesn't Know Math Outside of On Base Percentage. Kagan challenges Will's claim that it would take "hundreds of thousands" of coalition forces to quell the insurgency, according to COIN theory.

The article is here.

posted by Ace at 06:15 PM

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