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The Great Afghan Paradox

Posted on May 28, 2018

By most metrics the war in Afghanistan is going badly.

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Why We Lost The Afghan War

Posted on May 1, 2017

U.S-enabled corruption lost the Afghan War. The Afghan government is a failed state, incapable of effectively governing or defending its citizens. Corruption funds the enemy, with hundreds of millions of dollars skimmed from U.S. logistics and aid money. Former Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker said in 2016: “The ultimate point of failure for our efforts … wasn’t an insurgency.… Keep reading →

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