How long will it take for our left to complain that we aren't going to profit from the war?
China, long a bystander to the conflict in Afghanistan, is stepping up its involvement as U.S.-led forces prepare to withdraw, attracted by the country's vast mineral resources but concerned that any post-2014 chaos could embolden Islamist insurgents in its own territory.
Cheered on by the U.S. and other Western governments, which see Asia's giant as a potentially stabilizing force, China could prove the ultimate winner in Afghanistan — having shed no blood and not much aid.
At some point, people may have to accept that we went into Afghanistan to prevent jihadis from using it as a base to kill our people.
Well, at first it was for that reason. Now I have no idea what the administration's goal is other than to "responsibly" leave.
