Thanks, BO

MANIFESTO

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American troops are focusing on fighting Taliban militants and defending vulnerable towns on Afghan soil, as it has become practically impossible to stop insurgents from slipping across Afghanistan's vast border with Pakistan, a senior U.S. military commander said.

"To secure the border in the traditional sense" would "take an inordinate amount of resources," Army Col. Viet Luong acknowledged Tuesday. It also would require far more cooperation from the tribes inside Pakistan who often provide Taliban fighters safe passage, he said.

So, the insurgents are inaccessible, but we still keep plugging along on a "mission" that obviously can't be completed. But the big fool says to push on.

And the fact that even a Vietnamese military man can see this makes this situation all the more strikingly ridiculous.