tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post4720245918931420828..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Back from the cliff's edge: Rory Stewart hails Obama's limited goals in AfghanistanAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-47290365036228839402011-09-18T23:35:58.356-04:002011-09-18T23:35:58.356-04:00I think Stewart has a good connection to the reali...I think Stewart has a good connection to the reality on the ground.Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-50472813227481716562011-09-18T23:32:30.586-04:002011-09-18T23:32:30.586-04:00Unfortunately, all strategies are hinged on a faul...Unfortunately, all strategies are hinged on a faulty premise that what the US is facing is a limited insurgency carried out by Taliban militants. As the location and intensity of the violence exemplifies, this is a nationalist insurgency represented by Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras. <br /><br />Indulging in pretentious, international-relations language that has no connection to reality on the ground is why this insurgency will continue to thrive and eventually force the US to withdrawal.Junaidnoreply@blogger.com