INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander General Frank McKenzie has stated that Pakistan was correct about the United States not
staying in Afghanistan.In an interview on Friday with NBC, McKenzie admitted the US failed in Afghanistan and that Washington had failed at
nation-building as it had insisted on a Western model.He said, &I don&t know that Afghanistan is governable or sustainable with a Western
I know that Afghanistan is governable and sustainable from an Afghan model
But we paid too little attention to Afghan realities on the ground.&McKenzie said: &Pakistanis never believed that we would stay; they
always thought that we would leave.&&And you know what? They were right, we left.&He also said Afghanistan had been a political failure for
four US administrations over a period of twenty years and added that it includes &military and diplomatic failures.&He also emphasized that
it is still too early to predict what will happen in Afghanistan but that the country continues to be a breeding ground for threats against
the US.The post Ex-US CENTCOM chief admits US failure in Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.
