Oh, No: Not Another 'CIA Solution' for Afghanistan

We're still reeling from the last one.

It has been over 20 years since the American-sponsored Afghan mujahideen stunned the world by forcing the invading Red Army to withdraw, a major falling domino in the Soviet collapse. Now Jack Devine, a former top CIA official who was instrumental in that effort, argues that, in today’s war, there will be no U.S. victory in Afghanistan.

If he is proven right, it will not be for the reasons that he...