Writing in The Guardian, an ex-UK Army officer, with an opening passage
Afghanistan: a question of stamina. We must finish the job in Afghanistan – the geopolitical alternative is too terrible to consider
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...-case-scenario

Ands ends with
Not for us perhaps, at least not initially, but for so many others. Now the fight has started we need to finish it. We have promised to help create something better and must deliver it. We just have to have the stamina and courage, both physical and moral to do so.
As expected there is a commentary here: http://defenceoftherealm.blogspot.co...-strategy.html

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