"Across hundreds of years of sorrowful history, no war in Afghanistan has ever been good...Even if everything goes splendidly in Afghanistan, it will count for naught unless the Taliban and al-Qaida are neutralized in neighboring Pakistan—a turbulent state that has nuclear weapons. There isn't much the United States can do about that problem militarily; it's a diplomatic puzzle to be worked out with other powers in the region."
What Are We Doing in Afghanistan?
by Fred Kaplan
http://www.slate.com/id/2210624/
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