In the death zone: “If it comes to a ground war, I believe the western forces will

have a very slim chance of victory. The last army to win in

Afghanistan was that of Alexander the Great; everyone

else has got mauled and pulled out. The CIA made an

awful lot of maps when they were there, but a map is only

as good as the person using it, and there is no safe way to

get troops in. The Afghans are a formidable enemy. I

should know. We in the west pointed them in the right

direction and with a little bit of training, they went a long

way.” Guardian UK