While the Pakistan Army has decimated the TTP in Swat, and their leadership is dead or dyeing and embroiled in a fratricidal in-fighting, the US and NATO has seems to be getting deeper and deeper into a Vietnam type of quagmire. The situation in Afghanistan remains grim. The headlines say it all.
- U.S. commander says Taliban have Afghan momentum (Reuters)
- Taliban Now Winning (Wall Street Journal)
- It’s a very aggressive enemy right now,” Gen. McChrystal said in the interview Saturday at his office in a fortified NATO compound in Kabul. “We’ve got to stop their momentum, stop their initiative. It’s hard work.”
There is a clear distinction between the TTP which is now broken up into factions and is on the run and the real Afghan Taliban which is made up of 38 insurgent groups. The warriors led by Omar, Hikmatyar and Haqqani clearly seem to have an upper hand. It is not clear whether General McChrystal is painting a sorry picture to get a massive surge, or whether he wants to get more drones. In ether case, the trends point to more US casualties, already at a record level.
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