tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post8021936766995017841..comments2023-11-20T05:27:02.037+00:00Comments on GrogNews: Did COIN "Fail" in Afghanistan?Branthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-89718470893796581172013-10-21T02:50:57.251+01:002013-10-21T02:50:57.251+01:00It's a hard question to answer, since it's...It's a hard question to answer, since it's not altogether clear what the theater-level objective was, in the end. Simply arrest the scale of the Taliban/ Al Qaeda threat? Eliminate them completely from the region? Was a stable regime in Kabul enough? Or was the job ultimately much bigger than that?<br /><br />If the question is, instead, was there an operational COIN approach that worked, I think the answer is yes, at times. However, the problems at the theater level made it difficult for these efforts to culminate in an Afghanistan-level success. Kingdaddyhttp://ivebeendiced.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com