"Yes, We Can. In the 'graveyard of empires' we are fighting a war we can win" in the Weekly Standard
March 23, 2009 - Kimberly Kagan![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/soliderelder.jpg?itok=uDYaTI9e)
If you believe the headlines, Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires," a "quagmire" and a "fiasco," the place where President Barack Obama will meet his "Vietnam."