Obama’s Failed Legacy in Afghanistan

Paul D. Miller | Feb 15, 2016

The war in Afghanistan is, frankly, boring to most Americans—not to say confusing and often depressing. Obama’s war has been overshadowed as other crises, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, competed for policymakers’ attention. Journalists, too, have largely moved on, knowing that because the war has lasted so long, stories about it get little air time and few mouse clicks. Yet America’s longest war is likely to have profound and long-lasting effects on global U.S. counterterrorism operations; Americans’ attitudes toward intervention; NATO’s willingness to consider out-of-area operations; U.S.-Pakistani and U.S.-Indian bilateral ties; the future of democracy in the non-Western world, and more. While there may be little appetite for revisiting an issue many have put out of mind, it will be a major part of Obama’s legacy. 

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