On
August 21 President Trump outlined his "new strategy for the 16-year
US-NATO war in Afghanistan. Strangely, his speech included the
announcement that "Our troops will fight to win. We will fight to win," which tends to beg the question — don’t armies always fight to win?
The whole might of the US-NATO military alliance couldn’t beat the
Taliban with their old AK 47 rifles and their bombs that they continue
to explode against anything or anyone they can target in order to create
fear, mayhem and realisation that the foreigners and the corrupt and
ineffective government in Kabul can’t do anything to stop them.
Trump's generals can plan, plan, and plan again, but they’re not going to win.
