Brit Commander: Afghan "Victory" could take 38 years

[UKProPeace]

I've just read this, thought everyone here would be interested:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2141901,00.html

....."
British troops could remain in Afghanistan for more than the 38 years it took them to pull out of Northern Ireland. That is the bleak assessment by Army commanders on the ground in Helmand province.
In an interview with The Observer at HQ in the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, Brigadier John Lorimer, commander of UK forces in Helmand, said: 'If you look at the insurgency then it could take maybe 10 years. Counter-narcotics, it's 30 years. If you're looking at governance and so on, it looks a little longer. If you look at other counter-insurgency operations over the last 100 years then it has taken time.'
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[Demeter]

1. Or It Could Take 83 Years, Or a Thousand

So what? Does that make it any more or less honorable? Or does it point up the stupidity of the venture and persisting in the venture?

[Prophet 451]

2. The latter

which, in diplomatic language, is what he was saying.

[UKProPeace]

3. In my opinion, the stupidity of the venture eom