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Ep. 470 — Gen. Stanley McChrystal

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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What Should Have Happened if You Had Stayed?

When i left, i absolutely believed that it was duable. I believed that we could build up a credible enough afghan military to give a bridge. And i i think that was largely done. What happend afghanistan when it collapsed was not that the military got defeated. The talabon didn't conquer afghanistan. The afghan people lost faith that the government could survive and so it just all exploded.

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