10 Fatal Flaws in Donald Trump's Afghanistan Plan

[rangerrebew]

10 Fatal Flaws in Donald Trump's Afghanistan Plan


President Trump’s speech on Monday to the soldiers at Fort Myer about his Afghan policy did contain a few good points. But it also raised questions about his overall policy and strategy.

On the plus side, the president backed away from his campaign promise to precipitously withdraw from the conflict, and did not support using private contractors to fight the war, as some of his aides had urged.

But the failings in Trump’s new policy and strategy can be placed in at least ten major categories.
 
Source URL (retrieved on August 25, 2017): http://nationalinterest.org/feature/10-fatal-flaws-donald-trumps-afghanistan-plan-22021

[rangerrebew]

Everyone demanded a plan on Afghanistan, something they never demanded from Obama, and now they have it.  If there are 10 fatal flaws its because they know the enemy will read the same report, largely written by Mattis, I would think.  More disinformation for the other side to digest?