Nach 20 Jahren Krieg in Afghanistan stellt sich der Vorsitzende des US-Generalstabs Mark Milley hin und sagt, es seien nur „geringe“ Erfolge zu verzeichnen gewesen, schreibt vox: „‘We went to Afghanistan … to ensure that Afghanistan never again became a platform for terrorists to strike the United States,” he told the Brookings Institution’s Michael O’Hanlon on Wednesday morning. “We believe that now after 20 years — two decades of consistent effort there — we’ve achieved a modicum of success.’ Let those last four words — “a modicum of success” — sink in for a moment. That’s Trump’s top military adviser saying out loud that after two decades of war, tens of thousands of Americans and Afghans killed, and more than a trillion dollars spent, the US can only boast of “a modicum of success” for its efforts there.” (jw)
