Thursday, September 22, 2011

U.S. Rebukes Pakistan For Ties To Afghan Extremists : NPR

U.S. Rebukes Pakistan For Ties To Afghan Extremists : NPR

As if everyone did not know this. But, as the adage goes, keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

It is difficult to imagine a positive ending to this kind of war. One in which we dispatch ground troops in pitched battles. With the pattern of insurgency that we see now we will never win with this strategy, indeed, with any strategy.

Our options grow fewer. Withdraw or escalate across the border and engage the Pakistanis. Time to come home.

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