Afghanistan

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...,1099409.story

Article demonstrates how badly America (NATO) has been losing the war in Afghanistan. American aircraft are at excessive risk if based in Afghanistan. The Predator can be based only in the remaining air base in Central Asia or must be based in Pakistan. Because America has so harmed relations with most every nation, even that last Central Asian air base will be closed. So where does the Predator fly from. Pakistan. Afghanistan is so reconquered by the Taliban - is now so dangerous everywhere - that Predator cannot be based there.

Every so often, someone will naively suggest that Afghanistan is not that bad. No. It is worse. Since our leaders had near zero military knowledge, the Taliban have retaken most of Afghanistan. Everywhere in Afghanistan is too dangerous to base Predator. Central Asian nations, all once very friendly to America, will no longer let America have bases. Eight years of extremist American leadership destroying relations with everyone.

Even during Nam, America never so soured relations with every American ally. History lessons from the last eight years on what not to do.