And, like Vietnam, will the US – exhausted and nearly bankrupted by the effort – see all of its supposed gains evaporate soon after it leaves? After all, Al Qaeda, albeit weakened, remains capable of regenerating inside Afghanistan, where the Taliban remain dominant in the country’s east and south, as well as in neighboring North Waziristan in Pakistan.
去年5月，奥巴马宣布美国在阿富汗“扭转了战局”，这让人们想起了尼克松在将美军撤出越南前所说的话。与越南一样，美国——被战争拖得精疲力竭，几乎破产——会在离开后不久就看到其预期的成果蒸发殆尽吗？毕竟，基地组织尽管有所削弱，仍然有能力重新打入阿富汗，而塔利班仍控制着阿富汗的东部和南部以及相邻的巴基斯坦北瓦济里斯坦。