A photograph by the late great Tim Hetherington, whose work will be shown next month at the Yossi Milo gallery in NYC. Greg Djejerian reflects on the endless war this soldier – and so many others – have been forced to fight:
With Osama bin Laden dead, it is high time to declare victory and come home. Anthony Cordesman has recently written that we could accomplish this by an "exit by denial", an "honest exit", or what he describes as the biggest challenge, a "real transition plan", that could last until 2020. A 20 year war! Mr. Cordesman follows these matters far more closely than me, and I well respect his opinions, but I sense deep down he doesn't believe such a plan truly realizable. This seems to suggest the more honorable, realistic option is the so-called 'honest exit'.
The Dish 