Easy to poke holes in Trump’s Afghanistan plan

Somehow the U.S. president expects to accomplish victory with 12,400 troops when 140,000 NATO and U.S. soldiers failed.

Soldiers from the Oregon Army National Guard salute in Albany, Oregon, June 13, 2016, after returning from a 10-month tour in Afghanistan. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to boost troop numbers in the country.Christopher L. Ingersoll photograph courtesy of the U.S. Army

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 30, 2017

OTTAWA—On Aug. 21, when United States President Donald Trump made his long-anticipated announcement about the war in Afghanistan, even he had to admit that he has his doubts about his chosen path. “My original instinct was to pull out,” said Trump, “and, historically, I like following my ins...

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