Spoiler Alert: Ukraine is not Afghanistan (part 1)

US Embedded Tactical Trainer (ETT) in Afghanistan (Source: NPR)

This may come as a shock to some, but Ukraine is not Afghanistan (if you are here and reading this, you probably already know that). While this is a statement of the grotesquely obvious, it seems to need repeating for the pundits who are marveling at the success of US/NATO training efforts in Ukraine after the spectacular collapse of the US/NATO-trained Afghan National Army last summer.