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It cited Washington's futile pursuit of an "end state fallacy," that officialdom "seems to be in a state of partial denial," and in Afghanistan:
-- there's "no credible end state to the fighting....that can give the US a credible grand strategic victory or stable outcome."
AfPak increasingly looks like an unwinnable quagmire, draining America's resources. Staying the course, committing larger force levels, applying more pressure, and escalating war aren't solutions. They've made conditions worse, not better.
"The US and its allies are pursuing a largely mythical Afghan development plan which lacks core credibility in peacetime, much less in war. There is no development plan for Pakistan. The US is effectively paying an open ended mix of bribes to a country whose economy is now crippled by a catastrophic flood, and whose main security interest is India, not the war the US wants it to fight."
Successful resolution is impossible. "The challenges are simply too great, and the timelines for credible change are too long....The US cannot afford to allow this situation to continue....After what soon will be ten years of fighting, it is time we not only learned this, but acted on the lesson."
America's Iraq/AfPak wars are unwinnable, highlighted in another article, accessed through the following link:
New Intelligence Reports Give Grim Assessments
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