How to Win Afghanistan
Bing West, The Wall Street Journal | July 30, 2009
If the western coalition wants to win the war in Afghanistan in the long term, they have to let the Afghans do their own fighting. ++ "The Taliban are Afghans, to be dealt with by Afghans" and the West "shouldn’t make this a NATO war, allowing the Afghans to stand back." ++ To make the Afghans properly deal with the situation, local forces need to be built up even more. ++ To this end, Afghan forces will need billions of dollars in aid for another decade and the West is well advised to provide this money.
Sat, Nov 7th 2009, 14:03
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The neighbouring states would need to be able to prevent any spillover to their regions - of the Afghan problem. Maybe thsoe states should be aided in defending themselves against a possible spill-over clothed in some Jehad Tee Shirt.