The Review Starts On Where We Went Wrong In Afghanistan

U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Driskell briefs his paratroopers on what actions they should take if fired upon by insurgents during their upcoming patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, Aug. 1, 2012. Driskell commands the 82nd Airborne Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak

Mission Failure: Afghanistan -- Fabius Maximus

Summary: The very first articles articles at DNI, in 2003, expressed skepticism about the Afghanistan War. By 2009 it was clear that we could achieve nothing useful from the war. But our military exists to feed itself, disconnected from any rational national goals, and only after ten years has the drawdown slowly began. Today Tom Engelhardt begins the long review, necessary if we are to avoid the post-Vietnam amnesia and learn from our expenditure of blood and treasure in that distant land.

A Message Written in Blood That No One Wants to Hear By Tom Engelhardt

Imagine for a moment that almost once a week for the last six months somebody somewhere in this country had burst, well-armed, into a movie theater showing a superhero film and fired into the audience. That would get your attention, wouldn’t it? James Holmes times 21? It would dominate the news. We would certainly be consulting experts, trying to make sense of the pattern, groping for explanations. And what if the same thing had also happened almost once every two weeks in 2011? Imagine the shock, imagine the reaction here.

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My Comment: The discussion on where we went wrong in Afghanistan is beginning. Tom Engelhardt's above post is a good place to start.