Americans want to win. Everyone wants to win, but Americans REALLY want to win - and hate to lose. In Afghanistan I think we (as Americans) have to reconsider our definitions of winning and "success." I often listen to groups of people talk about what WE want to have happen in Afghanistan, about what is right for Afghanistan. But what makes it right? Is it right just because we say so? Now we have to make it right for Afghanistan, even if we don't agree with what the Afghan people say they want. It's the only way we can leave here "successfully."
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I went to a BBQ tonight at the CJIATF compound. Brigadier General McMaster (here is a link to another blog about the general being assigned to Kabul: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a76c4781e-f167-417c-85c4-dc675520fc19&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest) was here to attend some briefings and meet with people. I "know" BG McMaster from the Unified Quest exercise I participated in during SAMS. I wanted to say hello to him, but I had to leave unexpectedly for a CJ5 PowerPoint emergency and he was sitting down and eating when I walked out - so maybe I will get the chance next time he's in town.
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