August 22, 2017
Trump's new Afghan strategy rings all too familiar in longest war
Source: Politico
Journalist: Bryan Bender
President Donald Trump says he is pursuing a "dramatically" different strategy in Afghanistan that will bear better results — but some of the Pentagon's own experts expect to see few dramatic changes despite the president’s soaring promises about America's longest-ever war.
"To prosecute this war, we will learn from history," Trump said in an address to the nation Monday night, saying that America will not telegraph, as it has in past, when it will pull back from the fight. "A core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions."
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