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America’s Forever War In Afghanistan Has Engulfed A New Generation
Americans born 17 years ago can now enlist to fight in a war that began before they were born. It's time to end the Afghanistan war.
John Daniel Davidson
Sept. 12, 2018
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This year’s 9/11 anniversary came with a grim milestone: it marked the first day an American born on the day of the attacks can enlist to go fight in Afghanistan. Let that sink in. The United States has been at war in Afghanistan for so long now that it has drawn in a new generation of American soldiers, for whom the proximate causes of the war are historical events they learned about in school.

Put it in any terms you like. After 17 years in Afghanistan, we still have 14,000 troops stationed there. The American war far exceeds the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan in both duration and cost. It is longer than Vietnam, World War II, and the Civil War combined.  ...

s divided as we are right now, Americans across the political spectrum should at least be able to agree that it is long past time either to declare the war a failure—lost, in fact—or admit that it is not really a war anymore but a permanent military operation, a never-ending police action that will require a continuous supply of troops and funding to what is now quite obviously a strategic periphery.

Even our military commanders recognize this.  ...

That is not to denigrate the bravery and sacrifice of those who have served in Afghanistan, but to condemn the fecklessness and incompetence of our political and military leaders, who long ago lost the plot. Our presence in Afghanistan is no longer about avenging 9/11 or ensuring that nothing like it can ever happen again.  ...
Entire article at The Federalist

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