It is doubtful because the media does its best to hide the fact. Every once in a while the real story bursts through, as for example, today's Wall Street Journal.
WSJ page A7: "The number of U.S. soldiers and Marines in Afghanistan has more than doubled in the past year to 62,000; there are another 39,000 troops from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies."
And how is this massive presence faring? "The bloody opening to August [nine soldiers killed, six Americans] came after the most lethal month for the coalition in the neary eight-year Afghanistan campaign. In July, 75 foreign troops were killed, more than 40 of them Americans."
Does anyone remember the Russian debacle in Afghanistan a decade or two ago? Does anyone see a similarity in today's picture?
The "allies" have little hope of success in Afghanistan. Is there a reporter somewhere in the world who will point this out?
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