"Hearts and Minds" and "Nation Building" might work in some circumstances or countries but will NEVER succeed in any "Islamic Republic" as their "Religion of Pieces" trumps all and we will not overcome that barrier.
Bush made a huge mistake when he approved both AfGan and Iraq to form new Constitutions with Sharia being "controlling." This guaranteed neither country would ever be true allies, nor would any of their peoples enjoy what W had envisioned: rights, freedoms or liberties.
As a Nam Vet, I'm sick and tired of our Community Agitator using our Warriors as pawns and his ROE's are causing unnecessary casualties.
WORSE yet is our DOD which has become politicized, is now populated by a cadre of JCS who have never served in harms way and those REMF are complicit in pandering to O'Bummer's delusions of grandeur while abandoning those they command.
Time to bring them ALL home, now!
Democrat presidents always purge the military of competence in favor of paperpushers and suckups. Clinton did it the most overtly and the most violently, but Carter did it, too. The reason is that the Left never trusts the military and always fantasizes military coups against their utopia. Clinton's purge is why it took so long to get Iraq in hand. The surge was not what made the difference though it surely helped. The combat experienced and smart junior officers had finally bubbled up through the ranks and we had a competent competent command structure once again. That has all been tossed in the dumpster again by this Democrat and it will take another real boots on the ground war to develop another layer of competent and inspired command. It is probably for the best that we are withdrawing from everywhere now. We don't have the officer corps that can fight on he ground again.
Just by-the=way Left mistrust of the military is why the assault on America is being entrusted to a Civilian Defense Force and an armed EPA. The military will not be employed against the citizenry unless the Left alternatives are unable to complete their assignments.