The Afghanistan-Pakistan portion ofU.S. war efforts of the last decade is now, after a detour into "nation-building," set to wind down as per President Obama's latest direction.
This foreign entanglement has not been a business-centered policy, even if the territories at stake have rich resources that not only Americans but also those from non-combatant countries are trying to exploit. Commercial considerations probably would not have led anyone to places like Kandahar. Instead, the primary motivations have been put in terms of security and regional stability.
The Afghanistan mission, mired in the corrupt Kabul government, the feudal country's various warlords and of course the Taliban jihadists, appears destined to have bought little besides time (and Osama Bin Laden's head, ultimately). A appears in the current New Yorker from Dexter Filkins, one of the era's most noteworthy U.S. war correspondents.
Although the "conclusion" of the bigger U.S. war in Iraq appears to some a more satisfying one, that is also subject to doubt. We may live to see that country ruled b
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