Jim Mattis breaks down the new Afghanistan strategy: The goal, the plan, what's different and how it all ends

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Jim Mattis breaks down the new Afghanistan strategy: The goal, the plan, what's different and how it all ends
by Jamie McIntyre and Travis Tritten | Oct 4, 2017, 7:18 AM

AFGHAN STRATEGY EXPLAINED: The most often-asked question in yesterday’s back-to-back Senate-House hearings on President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy is how is it different from what has failed to produce victory in 16 years of fighting. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford spent the better part of five hours explaining the nuances, first in the morning before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then in the afternoon to the House panel. Here, in about a five-minute read, is the new strategy explained, in FAQ form:

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[Fishrrman]

"The goal, the plan, what's different and how it all ends"

I don't believe "the goal" or "the plan" are going to make a bit of difference.

How will "it all end"?
We'll leave, and they'll go right back pretty much like they were before...