Ross On Afghanistan: Getting Warmer, Ctd

Millman goes another round:

Apart from the overarching point that our resources, ourresponsibilities, and our interests are all limited, the key point thatRory Stewart makes in his articlethat Ross cites as "admirably honest" is that "[t:]here are, in reality,no inescapable connections between Afghanistan and Pakistan, al-Qaedaand the Taliban." If this is true, then if our goal isoverwhelmingly to keep al Qaeda from again regaining its prior positionin Afghanistan, to say nothing of Pakistan...