Quote Originally Posted by Old Eagle View Post
They can't continue to be clowns. We either fix the advisory effort, leave, or start building family housing, DoDDS schools, commisaries and hunker down for the next several decades.
I must admit that I have heard noting vaguely positive about the ANA in terms of discipline and operational performance. If you have please tell.

Does anyone really believe that Helmand will be pacified by any ANA other than comprising Pashtuns? Afghanistan is a tribal society and to ignore tribal issues and sensitivities would be a big mistake.