In fact, the risk of becoming locked in a protracted, low-intensity war against militancy and warlordism is likely to outweigh any geopolitical advantages that the US would gain from military bases in the country. After all, the terrorist havens and command-and-control centers for the Afghan insurgency are located in Pakistan – undercutting the US military effort to rout the Afghan Taliban since 2001.
这进一步增加了留驻军队的压力，即使这也不可能为阿富汗带来和平。事实上，在阿富汗保留军事基地可能让美国陷入针对军阀和割据势力的长期低强度战争，其风险或许比由此带来的地缘政治优势更大。毕竟，巴基斯坦才是恐怖分子避难所和阿富汗叛军指挥控制中心，这令2001年以来美国搜寻阿富汗塔利班的军事行动大受掣肘。