Commander Salamander on Afghanistan... ...Call it what you will, but when we announced to the world [B5 note: President Obama in 2009 at West Point] that we were leaving Conditions-Based planning for Calendar-Based planning, we signaled retreat. The Taliban are following exactly the Red Most Likely COA; they are husbanding their forces. Attack enough to ensure that you can claim that you kicked the Infidels out - but don't attack so much you lose the forces you will need for the civil war to follow... Read the whole piece on the logistics of retreat here.
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