Peter Bergen
CNN National Security Analyst
We are losing in Afghanistan, on two fronts. The most important center of gravity of the conflict - as the Taliban well recognizes - is the American public. And now, most Americans are opposed to the war.
For years, Afghanistan was "the forgotten war," and when Americans started paying attention again - roughly around the time of President Obama's inauguration - what they saw was not a pretty sight: a corrupt Afghan government, a world-class drug trade, a resurgent Taliban and steadily rising U.S. casualties.
Many surely thought: Didn't we win this war eight years ago?
Americans, of course, hate seeing the deaths of fellow citizens in combat, but even more they hate to see those deaths in the service of a war they believe they are either not winning or maybe even losing, which is one of the reasons why they largely turned against the Iraq war in 2006.
| Cindy |
October 26th, 2009 11:11 am ET Peter, As to the second reason we are losing the Afghan war. Well you can blame us not giving them more security on our dear president who is too afraid to do the right thing and send more troops because it'll make some people mad at him and he just can't take his ratings going down at all. That kills him. So all fingers need to be pointed in is direction. Cindy..Ga. |
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