A Lost War: A Conversation with Victor Davis Hanson and H. R. McMaster on Afghanistan’s Past, Present, and Future
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Organized Crime in Afghanistan
Short term approach to a long term problem in afghanistan. Various warlords are trying to steal as much money as they can while the going is good. They became stake holders in state weakness, because it was the weakness of state institut that gave them impunity. Our short term approach actually lengthened the war and made it more costly. It's not without precedent either, in post conflict scenarios. You know, the government of sigmund ree in south korea,. after, after, after the cream war in 19 53, was, was profoundly corrupt.
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