Learning from America’s failures in Afghanistan
U.S. still doesn't have a coherent, effective counterinsurgency strategy
By Newt Gingrich - - Monday, September 20, 2021
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
As the Taliban imposes its barbaric rule over the Afghan people and al Qaeda regains a countrywide haven, it’s clear America has failed miserably in Afghanistan. We lost the war, plain and simple — ultimately surrendering in a humiliating fashion.
The debacle in Afghanistan should cause the U.S. government to examine two crucial questions: What went wrong, and what lessons can we learn from America’s longest-ever war?
Above all, the key problem was we never had a coherent, functional strategy guiding the war effort. The military spent plenty of time thinking about and mastering tactics. But killing terrorists, while necessary, clearly wasn’t sufficient to achieve victory.
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