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Army General (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal: "The Greatest Risk Is Us" - So What is the Solution? (#69)

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Why the US Failed in Building an Independent and Strong Afghan Army?

The military that we created was actually pretty good, but they've got a lot of weaknesses in the structure. There were almost 300 thousand of em thery wre only 70 thousand talaba. In reality, the afghan milit should have easily been able to at least contest that war indefinitely. But again, wars are won in the minds of people. They're not one an who's getting the most bombs or guns.

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