Neocon Zalmay Khalilzad Knows His Side is Losing on Afghanistan

"Zalmay Khalilzad is a neocon operative. I remember the time just after the first Gulf War when he was my guest for lunch at the Army and Navy Club in Washington. He was then some sort of minor sub-cabinet  political appointee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He had authored a draft strategy statement for the Department of Defense that was a preview of the neocon vision of imperial expansion and sphere of influence policy that became dominant in the Bush 43 Administration."