The Future of Afghanistan

The New York Times: Reports that US Intelligence Agencies are telling the Obama Administration that there cant be success in Afghanistan as long as the Taliban/Al Qaeda have safe heavens in Pakistan. Well folks this does recall the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong had support from North Vietnam, thus they could never be defeated, the Obama Administration will have to place more pressure on Pakistan to clean up the border badlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the insurgents can attack NATO forces in Afghanistan and then run back to Pakistan, safe that NATO wont follow then on the ground, for NATO to place troops in Pakistan could lead to the fall of the Western supporting Pakistan Government. On the he other hand POTUS cant afford to lose Afghanistan, it’s the War he wanted to fight, he didn’t start the War but he has to finish it, in many respects Afghanistan is Obama’s Iraq. The announced 2011 pull out of US troops has been dropped for a NATO end game of 2014 for the transfer of the fight to the Afghan Government. But lets be clear here folks, its not about Afghanistan, its about Pakistan, a nuclear armed Pakistan can not be allowed to fall in to the hands of the terrorists. Thus if this horror story was to develop it is easier to transfer troops from Afghanistan to Pakistan, lets always remember that folks. Many more deaths before peace folks, if there can ever be peace in Afghanistan.