No, the war in Afghanistan isn't a hopeless stalemate
- Written by Robert M. Cassidy, Chamberlain Project Teaching Fellow, Wesleyan University
Afghan Northern Alliance fighters in 2001. Almost two decades later, the war continues.AP Photo/David GuttenfelderThe war in Afghanistan has become so protracted that it warrants the epithet the “Groundhog Day War.”
Fighting has gone on for nearly 17 years, with U.S. troops in Afghanistan seven years longer than the Soviets were.
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