https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/03/is-the-u-s-admitting-defeat-in-afghanistan/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:48:08 -0400<![CDATA[Now, according to the Times, the best case scenario has been reduced to on in which, as a result of NATO’s training and armaments, “the Taliban find the Afghan Army a more formidable adversary than they expect and [will] be compelled, in the years after NATO withdraws, to come to terms with what they now dismiss as a ‘puppet’ government.” Some would see that as another in a long line of optimistic assessments. The Afghan security forces, or at least its ethnic Tajik core, may well find the political will to fight the Pashtun-dominated Taliban, and the means to prevent themselves from being overrun. But it’s a safe bet that the security forces will control considerably less Afghan territory than NATO forces currently do.]]>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:20:38 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/03/is-the-u-s-admitting-defeat-in-afghanistan-n96308