Its weak articles such as this one by so called experts has help the war in Afghanistan to drag on. The stated reason for originally attacking one of the poorest countries in the world was to capture or kill Osama Bin Laden. The Taliban are no ones favorite people but they had nothing to do with 9/11 and currently pose zero threat to US national security. Meanwhile the 9/11 attackers came from Saudi Arabia, our "ally'. What is the US strategic goal right now in Afghanistan that justifies the money spent and the lives risked? This writer obviously has no idea but gets paid anyway for filling up the space. There are many conservative foreign policy analysts that do excellent work. I hope the Post would consider one of them.