Looks like the U.S. is set to double its military presence in Afghanistan.
A free and democratic Afghanistan would be a noble achievement. But a foreign army cannot affect those changes. It doesn’t matter how powerful that army is. It doesn’t matter that the army’s motives are pure. The cultural sea change we’re talking about can only come from within.
President-elect Obama seems to understand this when it comes to the Iraq war. But he doesn’t seem to realize that the same lesson applies to Afghanistan. It is time to consider taking troops out of Afghanistan, not putting more in.
Inertia Wins! 