In an interview with Courtney Kube, of NBC News, United states Army General Austin Scott Miller (private mercenary), commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Resolute Support Mission, admits that the 17-year long Afghan-American War “is not going to be won militarily.  This is going to a political solution.”

       [added 4/24/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

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New U.S. commander in Afghanistan says we’re going on offense against the Taliban
www.nbcnews.com/news/military/new-u-s-commander-afghanistan-says-he-s-going-offense-n926431rticle/35461

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