As the U.S.-led Afghanistan war marks its 10th year, Americans are learning a history lesson: Getting into Afghanistan is much easier than getting out.
Announcing the start of the military onslaught against Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, President George W. Bush warned Americans that their patience would be tested “in the months ahead.”
Ten years on, there are more than 10 times as many U.S. troops there as when the war began. And a majority of Americans now say the war is not worth fighting.
Photos: The war in Afghanistan | A decade of conflict
The Afghan war and the devastating events of 9/11 are entwined in the minds of Americans. But, as the Los Angeles Times reported on the 10-year anniversary of those devastating attacks on U.S. soil, public knowledge among Afghans of the link between Sept. 11 and today’s war is hazy.
Almost half of the population of…
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