| Several missions have been proposed to turn back a Taliban resurgence. How will 17,000 more troops accomplish any one of them ? let alone all? The beefed-up effort has been fueled by the belief that the successful surge in Iraq can be replicated in Afghanistan. It can't. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.