Explaining the failings in US strategy for the Afghanistan war

摘要

As the war in Afghanistan passes its tenth year, military professionals, political commentators and academics are generally united in one view that the United States, along with its NATO and coalition allies, is in deep trouble in Afghanistan. A war that at its outset carried widespread international support, endorsement from the United Nations and genuine hope for the improvement of life in Afghanistan, has descended into a complex, costly counter-insurgency campaign that will surely occupy significant US assets well beyond the current proposed withdrawal date of 2014.