By Nicholas Krohley, Modern War Institute: “We have mastered the art of hunting men. Refined over nearly two decades of nonstop counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations, and enhanced by a suite of increasingly powerful technological tools, the United States military has developed an extraordinary ability to find, fix, and finish targets worldwide.”
Why Can’t America Win its Wars?
By Stephen B. Young, Small Wars Journal: "The record of American disappointments is indeed impressive for money spent and results obtained: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, the War on Terror."
The Taliban claims it does "not allow anyone to use the soil of Afghanistan against other countries including neighboring countries." Some have uncritically accepted this claim. But it is obviously false.