I heard an interesting interview on the radio today. The interviewee, who had spent a lot of time in the Middle East, was pessimistic about our role in Afghanistan. He said that in the sense of Al Qaeda, we had won, because they were gone and driven out. But, he said, they could reappear anywhere, such as in the horn of Africa. On the other hand, he said that nation building in Afghanistan was very difficult because, unlike Iraq, it was a very primitive and isolated region. There was a lot less to work with.
tribes are hard to deal with...