Another Fat Lady

Taliban preparing spring attacks in what’s quickly becoming just another routine civil war in Afghanistan with the Taliban recruiting Pashtun to fight against the Uzbeks and Tajiks. Fighting vaguely conventional soldiers is one thing that the Pantagon is good at. Fighting a guerilla war is something no army is good at. It proved too much for the Marines. It’s tough to defend against people willing to sacrifice their lives.

Meanwhile, US troop numbers have doubled again. There are now four times as many US troops there as when they ousted the Taliban. And they still won’t acknowledge the Q word – quagmire.