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As U.S. Nears a Pullout Deal, Afghan Army Is on the Defensive nyti.ms/31EH12l // Eighteen years later, the Afghan military is basically worthless. The Taliban are waging a war of maneuver and the Afghan army is holed up in its bases. Only US SOF taking the fight to the
2/ Taliban. You cannot win a defensive war against a guerrilla force. You cannot. This is an army that will not fight. And if it will not fight, it cannot win. There is no amount of money, training, equipment, and time that will change what has failed to happen in 18 years. The
3/ question is why the Afghan army will not fight, will not leave its bases. We will hear doomsday scenarios about alQ returning. We will deal with that. But 18 years of arming, equipping, and training has produced an army content to stay inside the wire. Let's get a deal & go.
