have our first multigenerational war. i m trying to get a rationalization of it. what worked after 9/11 were a few cia officers, a few special forces, and some air support, and they devastated the taliban in a matter of weeks. when we shifted, six months after 9/11, to a very conventional battle plan effectively repeating what the soviet battle plan was in the 1980s, we ve been losing ever since. we ve been losing blood and treasure and just as recently as this week, when you had four simultaneous attacks across the country killing 350 afghans and flowing up 50 kids in kabul that were studying for examines, thas not what winning looks like. secretary pompeo was there last week saying they re making good progress. there are arguments from the pentagon that they are making progress. in politico magazine, sean mcfate, in a piece he says, i was a mercenary, erik prince s