Trump's new Afghanistan strategy may draw on old, controversial methods

Over the last 16 years we've stopped fighting wars and started trying to make friends. That's not how you win wars. At this point, being there any longer is a fruitless endeavor in my opinion. With Bin Laden gone, I think we're ok to withdraw completely and let things be as they may. Local forces have shown that they have no desire to pick up any slack. That country is rooted in the stone age and it would probably take 100 years to turn it around. But at that point you'd have multiple generations that know nothing but war and violence so you'd still find yourself at a stalemate.