Reply #8: There is no possible good outcome

[AllentownJake]

You've been handed an occupying force in a country that took down both the Russians and the British. The terrain sucks, your foes no every hiding place in the land, and the locals don't trust you.

If you pull out, the country will fall into worse anarchy than it already is in, and any civilian that cooperated with your efforts will be slaughtered.

If you stay you are stuck in a country that can't be occupied, is resistant to westernization, and will use guerrilla war tactics on your troops till you give-up. The leader you are propping up is corrupt and there is evidence he is involved in some form of drug smuggling.

The country is bordered by a corrupt ally to the south, a hostile nation to the east, and three slightly less backward nations to the north.

Oh and you've been there 8 years and support for the effort is sitting at 50-50 domestically and will decrease under casualties.