US Army Special Forces Major Fernando Lujan just returned from more than a year on the ground in Afghanistan and offers his views on his Afghan allies, and their will to win. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/28/opinion/this-war-can-still-be-won.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print It is a compact piece that realistically lays out the good and the bad, but the conclusion is that Afghans of all stripes are starting to realize that it is THEY ultimately who will decide how things turn out, and there is cause for cautious optimism for freedom-loving people with regard to the future of Afghanistan.
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Sep 27 2011, 11:08 PM
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