Tonight we learned from NBC that US-Afghan joint operations have been suspended. CBS and the AP have similar stories.
This is, in a word, disaster. The training mission is the foundation of the current strategy. Without that mission, the strategy collapses. The war is adrift, and it’s hard to see how anyone can avoid a complete disaster at this point.
More tomorrow.
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0 comments. That’s so funny.
Someone should have told me my job has been suspended. I haven’t missed a day of work with my Afghan colleagues, and am currently sitting in the middle of an ANA base.