'One of the most important lessons from the “global war on terrorism” is that the United States should be modest about what it can achieve with military force alone,' writes ColinPClarke (via latimesopinion)
The last two decades have taught us that a retaliatory invasion may assuage foreign policy hawks or hard-liners, but without a clear strategy and well-defined objectives, a hasty and ill-conceived response can end up causing more harm than the initial attack. The U.S. spent trillions of dollars and lost thousands of lives waging war in Afghanistan, and now the country has reverted to its pre-9/11 status, with the Taliban back in power and Al Qaeda poised for a comeback.
The United States played directly into the hands of Bin Laden and his jihadist army when it invaded Afghanistan — where Al Qaeda is headquartered — little more than a month after the 9/11 attacks. Instead of a “war on terrorism,” the “war” should have been a narrowly scoped counter-terrorism campaign with a specific target: Al Qaeda.Without a clear strategy — and relegated to second-tier status after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq — the mission in Afghanistan meandered.
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