Quote Originally Posted by rasoforos
The US army is allready stretched too thin. Afghanistan cannot possibly be called secured. US control is mostly around Kabul with some other urban pockets. The rest of the country is a heaven for warlords, ex taliban leaders, drug lords and taliban/al qaeda elements. Iraq will eventually become liek that or possibly worse ( a north korea like state ) when the majority of the US troops pull out.

Its not a matter of the US army stretched too thin. Its a matter of the innability of a modern army ( and not only the US army ) to maintain proper and effective occupation of a whole country because of the way resistance is being conducted today. Dirty offensives will meet dirty defence.
*laugs at illusion of Iraq and Afghanistan*