Didn’t we learn anything from the years the Russians spent trying to fight in Afghanistan? Apparently not.

Hundreds of American troops were pulled out of the ground battle with al-Qaeda forces because they failed to adapt to the guerrilla tactics required for fighting in the mountains, according to their Afghan allies.

(Addendum: the MetaFilter comments thread for this article has some good points, if you can dig through the partisian bickering.)

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