Deja vue 1968 Vietnam – different war, different leaders but same dynamics – American idealism, mixed with self-delusion and cowboy heritage spell disaster.
Tolerating Afghan Corruption Got Us Where We Are Today
Let us not mince words: For the past 8+ years, the international community has, at a minimum, looked the other way while Karzai’s government stole
If it had worked
We might see the government feared
and effective
In Afghanistan, we see nothing like that.