http://warontherocks.com/2013/12/reb...ref_map=%5b%5d

A quote from an article posted to the blog today that is very relevant to the topic.

Every foreign force that comes crashing in thinks it’s intervening in ‘a country,’ but it’s actually taking sides in an ongoing contest among Afghans about what this country is. . .The foreign power essentially tries to swing the pot by grasping its handle, but the pot shatters, and the foreign power is left holding only a handle.