As you may remember, President Obama surged in Afghanistan back in 2009.
It was a good idea until he decided to tell the enemy that we’d be leaving by a date certain. It simply made it difficult for our troops to do what was done in Iraq during that “surge”.
So Afghanistan is a mess and a change is needed. My guess is that President Trump will “surge” again but not announce an exit date. He will also remind us that Afghanistan can not be left alone without giving the terrorists a place to plan their operations, as they did before September 11th.
Again, there are no pretty options. Therefore, I’m expecting a bit of a surge and plus a willingness to drop a few more big bombs where we suspect that the terrorists are hiding.
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