15-07-2013, 02:52 AM
Frustrated over negotiations for a stay-behind force of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, President Obama is now weighing the possibility of a faster withdrawal and a "zero option" on troops going forward. That may signal the belated recognition of twin American defeats in the Afghan and Iraq wars, says Beverly Bandler.
Americans hate the word "defeat" but that is what we face in Afghanistan. After nearly 12 years, the longest war in U.S. history is winding down with an almost inconceivably staggering cost in blood, treasure and what economists call opportunity cost the value of the best alternative forgone.
As Tom Engelhardt, author of The End of Victory Culture, wrote, "Leave the mystery of who beat us to the historians."
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/11/the...an-defeat/
Americans hate the word "defeat" but that is what we face in Afghanistan. After nearly 12 years, the longest war in U.S. history is winding down with an almost inconceivably staggering cost in blood, treasure and what economists call opportunity cost the value of the best alternative forgone.
As Tom Engelhardt, author of The End of Victory Culture, wrote, "Leave the mystery of who beat us to the historians."
http://consortiumnews.com/2013/07/11/the...an-defeat/