The Afghan lead police force that I've called for many times in this very blog seems more and more like a pipe dream every day. According to an article by Newsweek, the trainees have been up to no good.
Among other things, they can't shoot, they peddle ammunition to the Taliban and generally show no interest in doing things that a National Police Force should be doing. They will even stage fake gunfights in order to cover up for the missing ammunition that they've sold to our enemies. We've spent $6 billion since 2002 in an effort to train these men to protect their country. And thus far they're wasting it. Less than 12% of the police units can act on their own. Twelve percent, after 8 years, that is simply unacceptable.
And I simply don't know what to do about it. Getting a stable Police Force together is key to victory in Afghanistan and now that it's looking like that just won't happen, what do we do? Do we simply withdraw our troops and let the country crumble only to be taken over by a ruthless and bloodthirsty warlord who will more than likely grow in power and eventually threaten us? I just don't know what options we have any more.
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